The Mosaic Co. reports that Joc O’Rourke will join the company as a senior executive, responsible for its global mining and chemical processing operations, beginning in early January 2009. He will also serve on its senior leadership team.
“Joc brings over 25 years of experience in operating global mining operations and has spearheaded a variety of large scale expansion projects,” said Jim Prokopanko, Mosaic CEO. “Joc will not only broaden our capacity to execute on our strategy, he also brings a tremendous depth of experience and passion for mining and minerals processing and will play a key role in leading the operations of Mosaic’s two major product lines of potash and phosphate.”
O’Rourke has served as president of Barrick Gold’s Australia Pacific Business Unit since 2006. He has also held various operational positions in the global gold, copper, mining, and nickel industries. O’Rourke has a B.S. in mining and engineering from the University of British Columbia and an Executive MBA from the Institute European d’Administration aux Affaires, Fontainebleau.