Aeon Metals Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Fred Hess as an independent non-executive Director, effective 2 July 2019. Fred brings extensive and diverse operating and development experience to the Aeon Board. His career spans more than 35 years in mining project development, operations and senior management across the Asia Pacific region. Most recently Fred was Managing Director of PanAust Limited (PanAust), a role he held from 2014 until early this year. Across that time the PanAust portfolio he oversaw included the Phu Kham Copper-Gold and Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Mines (Laos), Inca De Oro Copper-Gold Project (Chile) (JV with Codelco), Puthep Copper Project (Thailand) and Frieda River Copper-Gold Project (Papua New Guinea). Fred started his long and successful career with PanAust in 2005.