John de Vries, MD & CEO: Mining Engineer with over 35 years’ experience in mine development and operations; professional experience spans Africa, the Pacific, the Former Soviet Union, North and South America and Australia. Previously General Manager Technical Services with St Barbara, integral in the 2014 turnaround; earlier operational management roles atBHP Nickel West, Orica Mining Services and Western Mining Corp. Black Rock Mining Ltd (ASX:BKT) is developing its Tier 1 scale Mahenge Graphite Mine in Tanzania, which hosts a multi-generational graphite resource, and is 4th largest JORC-compliant graphite resources globally, with 212m tonnes @ 7.8% TGC, and a reserve of 70m tonnes @ 8.5% TGC. Black Rock has a Strategic Alliance with POSCO as cornerstone offtake partner and major shareholder and all the key Tanzania Govt agreements are in place for Mahenge with FCI Agreement signed with Govt in Dec 2021.The Company is currently progressing financing discussions and detailed engineering with a view to commencing construction of the mine in Q3 CY22