Canadian junior Gold X Mining, which is developing the Toroparu gold project in Guyana, on Monday announced the appointment of mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland as its nonexecutive chairperson.
Gold X’s current chairperson and CEO Paul Matysek will relinquish the chairperson role, but will remain a director and its CEO. Friedland and Matysek worked together at Potash One, Friedland was chairperson and Matysek was CEO. At the time, the company was sold to Germany’s K+S for $434-million in a friendly transaction.
“The great Michael Jordan once said, ‘Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen’. Robert Friedland has crafted a life of success after success and I’m thrilled that he has joined our board as chairman to keep making it happen for Gold X and our valued shareholders,” commented Matysek in a statement.
Friedland and Matysek worked together at Potash One, Friedland was chairperson and Matysek was CEO. At the time, the company was sold to Germany’s K+S for $434-million in a friendly transaction.