Nautilus Minerals Adds New Independent Director

Nautilus Minerals has appointed Jay Layman to the role of independent non-executive director.

Nautilus’ chairman Tariq Al Barwani, commented: “It is a pleasure to welcome Jay to the Nautilus board of directors. Jay’s diverse background in successful project development, corporate development, finance, and innovation makes him well suited to the expanding Nautilus board.”

The board of directors continues with its search to appoint additional new independent directors, and to expand the board’s skill sets to support the financing and delivery of the world’s first deep sea mines, Nautilus said in a press release.

Layman is currently president, director and chief operating officer of Seabridge Gold. Most recently, he was vice president Solutions and Innovation for Newmont Mining Company where he was responsible for managing global technical services and launching a global innovation department.