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Gateway Mining is restructuring its board to support the ongoing exploration and resource growth at its Yandal gold project in Western Australia.
Current chief executive officer Richard Pugh will become the managing director and non-executive director Anthony McClure will transition to the non-executive chair following Gateway’s annual general meeting on November 16, 2026.
Additionally, Andrew Bray will transition from executive chair to non-executive director. At the same time, the company has appointed Kristen Podagiel as a non-executive director to strengthen its corporate, governance and strategic capabilities.
Pugh has more than 18 years of industry experience and has led Gateway’s exploration strategy at Yandal over the past 12 months. During this period, the company has advanced gold discoveries including Haflinger, Hummer, Rubicon and Cowza, while defining mineralised systems at Celia South, Great Western and Ward.
Pugh said he looks forward to embracing the managing director role.
“It’s been a fast-paced period since we put the ‘new’ Gateway together last year,” Pugh said.
“The company has gone forward in leaps and bounds, now having an exceptional balance sheet with over $50 million cash, plus multiple discoveries throughout the Yandal gold project, chief among them the outstanding discovery at Cowza.”
McClure brings 35 years of technical, management and financial experience in the resources sector and has been involved in the development of the Yandal project since 2021.
Podagiel has more than 20 years of commercial legal experience across industries including mineral resources, energy and defence. Podagiel was previously chief executive officer and managing partner of law firm McCullough Robertson and is currently a non-executive director of Silver Mines.
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