Tinka Resources Ltd. said Feb. 14 that it named Benedict McKeown to fill the vacant role of nonexecutive chairman, effective immediately.

McKeown, who was appointed to the company's board in August 2017, will assist with Tinka's strategy and with the next development phase of its properties, which include the Ayawilca zinc project in Peru.

In November 2017, an updated resource estimate for Ayawilca increased contained zinc 130% to 5.6 billion pounds.