Williams' Midas touch to rub off on Dacian
Former Avoca Resources boss Rohan Williams says he sees parallels with Dacian Gold’s Mt Morgans project and the company he grew into a $1 billion-plus gold producer.
Mr Williams, one of the architects of the $2 billion marriage of Avoca and Anatolia Minerals, ousted managing director Paul Payne in March less than 18 months after Dacian listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
“It was a decision the board took and the decision is apparent,” Mr Williams said when pressed about the leadership change.
He said he was committed to his new role as executive chairman and will “throw my heart and soul into it for a few years”.
Mr Williams negotiated Avoca’s $4.5 million acquisition of the Higginsville gold project from Gold Fields a decade ago and said he believed Dacian stood a similar chance of success with Mt Morgans near Laverton.
“I think the ground at Mt Morgans, certainly at this stage of understanding it, looks to be better than Higginsville,” he said.
