02:21 PM EDT, 04/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Stelmine Canada ( STHFF ) announced Friday the appointment of Christian de Saint-Rome as interim chief executive.

According to a company statement, this position will be filled during Isabelle Proulx's "temporary interruption for reasons of a personal nature".

de Saint-Rome is chief executive, director and co-founder of CopperZone Resources, a privately owned Canadian company, generating projects in Africa. Over the past 12 years, Rio Tinto, BHP, Vale, First Quantum and MMG have been major partners in CopperZone, as well as three key global institutional investors. While he serves as Stelmine's interim head de Saint-Rome will maintain his role as CEO of CopperZone Resources for a few hours a week

de Saint-Rome was also co-founder and CEO of Kalahari Copper Ltd, an exploration company in Namibia and Botswana, where he was involved in several major project negotiations. Christian was also corporate development advisor to Northern Shield Resources ( NSHRF ) and finally corporate advisor and president of Bearclaw Capital (BRL.V), then on the board of Scandinavian Minerals (SGL.TO), which was sold for $281 million.

Stelmine Canada ( STHFF ) shares were last seen up C$0.005 to C$0.065 on the TSX Venture Exchange.