Fitzroy Minerals Appoints Mining Expert Craig Parry as Technical Advisor to Advance Chilean Copper Projects
Fitzroy Minerals has appointed mining executive Craig Parry as technical advisor, bringing significant expertise to advance the company's promising Chilean copper projects including the potentially major Buen Retiro IOCG discovery.
Fitzroy Minerals Inc. has appointed mining executive and geologist Craig Parry as Technical Advisor to support the advancement of its Chilean copper projects. Parry brings extensive experience in founding, leading, and financing successful resource companies, with current roles including Lead Director of Skeena Resources, Executive Chairman and CEO of Vizsla Copper, Chairman of Vizsla Silver, and Advisor to Abitibi Metals.
Parry expressed enthusiasm for joining Fitzroy Minerals as the company progresses its Chilean copper assets. "I'm thrilled to join Fitzroy Minerals as the company advances its Chilean copper projects. It is rare that a company has two projects with this much potential," Parry stated. He highlighted his initial investment in Fitzroy was driven by the Buen Retiro copper project, which he believes could represent a major Iron Oxide Copper Gold discovery.
The appointment comes at a critical time as Fitzroy management has outlined a fast-track route to non-operated copper production at Buen Retiro. This strategic approach could provide the company with sufficient cash flow to self-fund exploration activities in future years, reducing dependency on external financing. Parry also emphasized the significance of the Caballos project, where copper-molybdenum-gold-rhenium mineralization has been discovered within one of the world's most prolific porphyry belts.
"Having worked for many years in this region I understand the significance of this target and see it as having potential to deliver a major new copper discovery as exploration drilling continues," Parry noted, underscoring his confidence in the project's prospects based on his regional expertise.
Merlin Marr-Johnson, CEO of Fitzroy Minerals, commented on the strategic importance of the appointment. "As the Buen Retiro and Caballos projects advance we will expand our skill-set and our team judiciously. In this vein, we are very pleased to welcome existing shareholder Craig Parry as Technical Advisor to the Company," Marr-Johnson stated. He emphasized Parry's "fantastic track-record of discovery, de-risking, and wealth-creation" and expressed confidence that his experience would help deliver value to all stakeholders in the Fitzroy Minerals portfolio.
Parry's career includes key roles with prominent mining companies including IsoEnergy, NexGen Energy, EMR Capital, Tigers Realm Coal, and Rio Tinto. His track record includes instrumental involvement in several major discoveries, including Vizsla's Panuco-Copala silver veins, IsoEnergy's Hurricane deposit, and NexGen's Arrow deposit. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Applied Geology with first class Honours and the University Medal from The University of New South Wales.
Fitzroy Minerals' current property portfolio includes the Buen Retiro Copper Project near Copiapó, Chile, the Caballos Copper and Polimet Gold-Copper-Silver projects in Valparaiso, Chile, the Taquetren Gold Project in Rio Negro, Argentina, and the Cariboo Project in British Columbia, Canada. The company's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under symbol FTZ and on the OTCQB under symbol FTZFF. For more information, investors can visit the company's website at https://www.fitzroyminerals.com and review regulatory filings available at https://www.sedarplus.ca.