Junior miner South Harz Potash Ltd., West Perth, Western Australia, which is developing potash assets in Germany, has announced the appointment of long-time potash industry veteran Lawrence Berthelet as a Non-Executive Director and as a member of its Technical Committee, effective Oct. 17, 2022.
Berthelet recently stepped down from the position of Head of Mining Division at EuroChem. Previously, he held several senior management roles across seven years at The Mosaic Co., including Vice President, Capital (North America) and Vice President, Engineering and Capital (Potash Business Unit).
He has also been Vice President, Potash (Global Mining and Metallurgy) and General Manager, Saskatoon, at SNC-Lavalin; Mine Manager, Vanscoy Potash Operations, for Agrium Inc. (now Nutrien Ltd.); and held senior roles at National Manufacturing of Canada. He began his career as a plant metallurgist at Mosaic.
Berthelet holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan.
In other management news, South Harz also advises that its CEO search process is now at an advanced stage, with an appointment expected to be finalized in the next few weeks, followed by which a review of the Board of Directors will be conducted. The company announced in May that Board Chairman Ian Farmer had taken on the role of Acting Executive Chairman after the departure of Managing Director and CEO Chris Gilchrist (GM May 20, p. 27).