OROCO RESOURCE CORP. Oroco Resource Corp. announced that, effective April 1, 2022, Mr. Richard Lock has been appointed as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Craig Dalziel, the Company's current CEO, will assume the role of Executive Chairman upon Mr. Lock's appointment becoming effective.
Mr. Lock, a mining engineer, has led the construction and development of several large mining projects around the world. He most recently was senior vice-president of PolyMet Mining Corp. and Project Director for its NorthMet Project in Minnesota.
Amongst his prior project experience, Mr. Lock has held executive and project director roles at Arizona Mining Inc.'s Hermosa project, a lead-zinc-silver mine in southern Arizona; Yara International's Dallol project, a Sulphur of Potash mining project in Ethiopia; Western Potash Corporation's Milestone project, a potash solution mining project in Canada; and, more significantly, Rio Tinto's Resolution and Keystone copper projects in Arizona and Utah, respectively.
