2 March 2022
American West Metals Limited (American West or the Company) (ASX: AW1) is pleased to announce the appointment of highly experienced mining exective Mr Tom Peregoodoff as Non-executive Director, effective 1 March 2022.
Mr Peregoodoff has more than 30 years in the resources sector, commencing in greenfield/brownfield exploration and resource development and more recently as chief executive of listed corporations with operations in North America.
He spent 18 years in several positions with the mining multinational BHP, culminating in his role as Vice President of Early Stage Exploration with global responsibility for all early stage exploration across BHP’s commodity groups.
Following the BHP role, Mr Peregoodoff was President and CEO of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., where he led the company from the resource development phase of its project in Nunavut, Canada through to the eventual sale to DeBeers Canada in 2018.
Currently, he is President, CEO and a Director of Apollo Silver Corp. (TSX-V: AGPO), which has mining projects in Arizona and California. He is also an independent non-executive director of Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX: PVG).
Mr Peregoodoff is a Canadian national and holds a BSc. In Geophysics from the University of Calgary.
John Prineas, Non-executive Chairman of American West Metals commented:
“We are delighted to have attracted someone of Mr Peregoodoff’s calibre to American West, as we further expand our team of prominent mining specialists.
“His experience at the highest levels of the mining sector – including his successful track record of developing and monetising projects in North America – is a great asset to the Company and will be invaluable as we advance our projects in Canada and the USA.”
Attached is Mr Peregoodoff’s initial directors interest notice.