Passport Potash Inc., Vancouver, has announced the appointment of David Salisbury as a director and chairman of its board of directors. Passport reports that he has an extensive career in the mining industry spanning four decades, including seventeen years with Rio Tinto plc. During his career he has had experience in almost all phases of mine development and operation. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Resolution Copper Mining, which was responsible for the development of a deep underground copper mine in Superior, Arizona.
Passport also announced the recent resignation of another director, Gary Zak.
Passport is currently eyeing the development of a potash project in the Holbrook Basin in Arizona.