Midnight Sun Appoints Kevin Bonel as COO, Zambia
Midnight Sun Appoints Kevin Bonel as COO, Zambia
Vancouver, British Columbia – June 19th, 2024 – Midnight Sun Mining Corp. (the “Company” or
“Midnight Sun”) (TSX -V: MMA / OTC : MDNGF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Kevin Bonel has joined
the Company as COO, Zambia . D r. Bonel has over 25 years of geological experience in Sub-Saharan
Africa, most recently with Barrick Gold’s operations at the Lumwana Mine, located directly west of
Midnight Sun’s Solwezi Project.
Al Fabbro, Midnight Sun’s President & CEO, stated: “On behalf of the directors and management, I
would like to welcome Kevin . Midnight Sun is enter ing a new phase of exploration which will have us
drilling aggressively on both a Lumwana analog at Dumbwa with KoBold Metals , and on two oxide-
copper targets at Kazhiba and Mitu with First Quantum. It is imperative that we continue to build our
team, adding personnel with deep experience relevant to our project . In addition to numerous
discoveries in the region, Kevin’s tenure with Barrick saw him lead both a technical re-evaluation of their
Lumwana asset and the discovery of a brand -new deposit, which added 25 years of reserves to the
mining operation . Kevin’s experience, at Lumwana in particular, will be tremendously valuable to our
future exploration plans.”
Dr. Bonel, P. Geo is an experienced independent geologist and e xploration manager. Most recently, he
led the exploration team at Barrick’s Lumwana Mine which completed a technical re-evaluation of the
Lubwe copper deposit, bringing the deposit to the Pre-Feasibility Stage within 12 months. Dr. Bonel also
made the mine site discovery of the Kamaranda copper deposit at Lumwana . Prior to his work with
Barrick, he managed exploration of Freeport McMoRan’s copper exploration project in Kabompo,
Zambia. He was a m ember of the Kisanfu copper -cobalt pre-feasibility and feasibility leadership team in
the DRC, and h e oversaw the r einterpretation of the Munali nickel deposit in Zambia, which is now in
production. He is credited with the d iscovery of the Mpemba Hill Ni-Cu -PGE deposit in Malawi, and the
discovery of a new copper deposit near Mpongwe, Zambia.
About Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun is focused on exploring our flagship Solwezi Project, located in Zambia. Situated in the
heart of the Zambia -Congo Copperbelt, the second largest copper producing region in the world, our
property is vast and highly prospective. Our Solwezi Project is surrounded by world -class pr oducing
copper mines, including Africa’s largest copper mining complex right next door, First Quantum’s
Kansanshi Mine. Led by an experienced geological team with multiple discoveries and mines around the
world to their credit, Midnight Sun intends to find and develop Zambia’s next generational copper
deposit.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF MIDNIGHT SUN MINING CORP.
Al Fabbro
President & CEO
For Further Information Contact:
Adrian O’Brien
Director of Marketing and Communications
Tel: +1 604 809 6890
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