The Company of Bunker Hill Mining Corp. has appointed Tom Francis as General Manager of the Bunker Hill Mine. Mr. Francis joins the Bunke Hill team after 10 years with Rio Tinto, the second-largest mining company in the world, where he was mos recently Mine Manager at the Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine ("Kennecott") in Utah, USA, its single larges mining operation.

Among other achievements, his team delivered world-class payload metrics on Kennecott' ultra-class truck fleet while simultaneously increasing average haul truck speeds and tire life. Previous roles with Rio Tinto included responsibility for productivity across the full Kennecott value stream (mine, concentrator smelter and refinery), three years in the Group strategic investment analysis team assessing its global suite o projects (greenfield, brownfield & closure), and several years in Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) managing operationa support (incl. safety) for Rio Tinto's Exploration's projects across Africa and Eurasia.

Prior to his mining experience, Mr. Francis served as an officer in the Royal Marines and UK Special Forces, serving on multiple operational tours in Kosovo, Iraq & Afghanistan. He is a dual national US/UK citizen having lived studied and worked in both the US and the UK. He holds a first-class degree from the University of Oxford (BA Mathematics & Computation).