and something that gets me excited about what we can achieve .” Over the course of his career , Locke has worked in senior executive roles for a West African gold developer and a potash development company based in both London and Spain . This experience has provided him with a unique view of the potash market , as well as the challenges of working in the African market and attracting investment . Khemisset benefits from an incredibly attractive location , but Emmerson also looks to create an operation with very low capex by industry standards , which will prove key in attracting investment as it looks to advance development . “ Having worked for the best part of a decade in the commodity space and dealing with commodity cycles , you hear of people getting lucky and timing their investment in the cycle perfectly ,” says Locke . “ But that is not easy to do , so you need to bulletproof yourself against the cycle by being among the lowest delivered costs to your customer and in potash : that ’ s largely driven by location .”
The Khemisset project is less than 150km from an operating port that is
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Hayden Locke Hayden is an experienced mining executive with over 15 years ’ experience in mining , private equity and investment banking . Most recently , Hayden was Head of Corporate and Technical Services ( Geology , Mining and Processing ) at ASX listed potash developer Highfield Resources . Prior to this , Hayden was Head of Corporate for ASX listed Papillon Resources which was sold to B2Gold in 2014 for $ 650mn . Throughout his education , Locke studied engineering , commerce and geology .
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