Barton Gold strengthens executive team with appointment of new chief financial officer

Barton Gold (ASX: BGD) (OTCQB: BGDFF) has appointed highly experienced chartered accountant Nicola Frazer as the company’s new chief financial officer.

Ms Frazer brings more than 25 years’ corporate finance, accounting, investor relations, commercial development and grant funding experience in South Australia’s mining and oil and gas sectors to her new position.

Diverse experience

Ms Frazer was a manager of business development and investor relations for Normandy Mining (subsequently Newmont Australia) from 1998 to 2007.

She was a senior commercial advisor at Beach Energy from 2009 to 2020 and, most recently, an associate director with KPMG’s government incentives and grants team.

While at KPMG, her focus was on securing non-dilutive state and federal government funding incentives for South Australian commercialisation and development initiatives.

Key corporate role

Managing director Alex Scanlon said Ms Frazer would play a key role in the company’s corporate and project-level development initiatives and financing strategies.

Her appointment is seen as a crucial one for the company as it heads towards the commercialisation of its large-scale gold assets in the central Gawler Craton in SA.

“Barton is at an exciting stage in its corporate evolution, and we are pleased to grow our leadership team with the appointment of another skilled professional who shares our passion for SA’s advancement,” Mr Scanlon said.

“Having been part of the team that grew Normandy Mining to over 2 million ounces of annual gold production before its sale to Newmont, Nicola brings many valuable insights to us as an emerging SA gold developer.”

“Her experience with non-dilutive state and federal grant funding initiatives will also be of high value to Barton.”

“Since its 2021 IPO, Barton has distinguished itself by generating approximately $10 million in non-dilutive funding through asset monetisation initiatives and grant programs,” Mr Scanlon added.

“This has been immensely valuable to our shareholders and will continue to be a key focus area as we lead the redevelopment of the central Gawler Craton gold industry.”