Antimony expert Wiehann Kleynhans to lead Trigg’s US downstream ambitions

• Trigg Minerals appoints antimony expert Wiehann Kleynhans to lead its US downstream efforts
• He was involved in the development of the largest antimony smelter outside China and Russia with SPMP
• Kleynhans will spearhead downstream and smelting processes at the recently acquired Antimony Canyon project

Special Report: With the ink barely dry on its agreement to acquire the Antimony Canyon project in Utah, Trigg Minerals has bulked up its capabilities by hiring highly experienced antimony downstream expert Wiehann Kleynhans.

Kleynhans – an experienced geologist, resource and commodity analyst and dealmaker with deep experience in the antimony sector – has been appointed the company’s vice president, US downstream operations, and will spearhead downstream and smelting processes at Antimony Canyon.

From 2021 to 2024, he was head of business development at Strategic & Precious Metals Processing in Sohar, Oman, where he was instrumental in driving expansion and growth of international sourcing and supply chains for raw antimony as a member of the executive management team.

This included playing his part in the development of the largest antimony smelter outside China and Russia.

He also oversaw the establishment of a global business development team, actively engaged in commercial negotiations and involved in numerous offtake agreements.

Additionally, Kleynhans developed and executed a global feedstock sourcing and trading strategy based on analysis and understanding of the international antimony market and fostered trusted business relationships with suppliers.

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For Trigg Minerals (ASX:TMG), he will develop a strategy for North America, which will include options for downstream processing, form partnerships with key industry and government players in North America as well as identify and negotiate possible offtake agreements with international antimony traders.

He will also assist the company with obtaining US government funding for exploration and development while assisting with due diligence on future antimony projects.

“Our ability to attract a candidate of Wiehann’s calibre is a testament to the quality and potential of our two major antimony projects and the team we are assembling to take these projects forward,” managing director Andre Booyzen said.

“Wiehann is an antimony specialist with years of experience in negotiating offtake deals and understands the market forces for this commodity, and we are excited to bring his level of expertise to our team.

“Our focus is on taking the Antimony Canyon and Wild Cattle Creek projects into development and executing the strategy that will bring our company and shareholders the best value from that process. Wiehann will help us achieve that.”

Antimony Canyon is currently the largest and highest-grade antimony project in the US with a non-JORC resource estimate of 12.7Mt at 0.79% antimony, or 100,300t of contained antimony.

It includes several historical producing mines including Emma, Mammoth and Nevada.

Wild Cattle Creek in NSW has a resource of 1.52Mt at 1.97% antimony.

This article was developed in collaboration with Trigg Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. 

This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.