Paladin exec dies in plane crash

GARNET Halliday, the Executive General Manager for Operations and Development for Paladin Resources Ltd, died in a light aircraft accident near Lilongwe in Malawi on Thursday.

Also killed in the accident was South African pilot, Frank van Veuren, the principal of Executive Air Charter. Halliday was pivotal in the successful development and start up of the Langer Heinrich uranium mine in the Erongo region, and at the time of his death, was leading Paladin’s development team for the construction of the Kayelekera mine in Malawi.Halliday (50) was born in Adelaide, Australia and had been with Paladin since 2004.”Garnet was a dear friend to all of us and his death is a great personal loss,” said Paladin Chairman Rick Crabb adding that the company would seek an open and thorough investigation into the plane cash.According to Reuters, the company already had a licence to mine for uranium in Malawi’s Kanydkera district, where it has finished exploration and entered the second stage of a bankable feasibility study.Halliday was pivotal in the successful development and start up of the Langer Heinrich uranium mine in the Erongo region, and at the time of his death, was leading Paladin’s development team for the construction of the Kayelekera mine in Malawi.Halliday (50) was born in Adelaide, Australia and had been with Paladin since 2004.”Garnet was a dear friend to all of us and his death is a great personal loss,” said Paladin Chairman Rick Crabb adding that the company would seek an open and thorough investigation into the plane cash.According to Reuters, the company already had a licence to mine for uranium in Malawi’s Kanydkera district, where it has finished exploration and entered the second stage of a bankable feasibility study.