Category: People

Graeme Jameson, Laureate professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, has been honored by the Royal Society, which boasts a fellowship of 1,600 of the world’s most eminent scientists. Fellow of the Royal Society, a rare...

SEMAFO Inc. announced the retirement of Michel Crevier as vice president, exploration, and mine geology and qualified person. Richard Roy, who is currently exploration manager, will be promoted to vice president, exploration....

George Sidney, president and COO of McLanahan Corp., will retire at the end of the year, but will remain an active part of McLanahan’s Board of Directors. Cory Jenson has been named executive vice president of sales and business...

Meridian Mining SE announced that Anthony Julien has resigned as president and CEO. Julien also resigned as a director of Meridian. The company appointed Gilbert Clark as interim president and CEO of Meridian. Clark has served...

Norsk Hydro ASA elected Liselott Kilaas as new member of Hydro’s Board of Directors for two years. Kilaas replaced Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt, who has been a member of the Hydro Board of Directors since 2010. (img: Liselott...

Lithium Power International Ltd. announced that managing director and CEO Martin Holland has resigned. The board of directors has commenced a search for suitable CEO candidates and expects to announce a replacement in due...

Firesteel Resources appointed Gregory Duras as CFO for Firesteel. He has more than 10 years of experience working as CFO for various publicly traded companies including Avion Gold Corp. It also appointed Scott Salisbury as...

Royal Gold appointed Bill Heissenbuttel CFO and vice president of strategy. Paul Libner will have increased responsibilities as controller and treasurer. Heissenbuttel came to Royal Gold in 2006 and has been vice president,...

Blackham Resources Ltd. appointed Tony James as a non-executive director. Previously, he was managing director of Carbine Resources, Atherton Resources and Mutiny Gold. (img: Tony...

Lucara Diamond Corp. appointed Ayesha Hira vice president of corporate development and strategy, effective immediately. Hira is an experienced executive who began her career as a Canadian...

Lydian International Ltd. appointed Russell Ball as a new director. He is a former executive vice president and CFO of Goldcorp Inc. and Newmont Mining Corp. (img: Russell...

Rio Tinto appointed Jakob Stausholm to succeed Chris Lynch as CFO. Stausholm, who recently stepped down as group CFO of A.P. Moller–Maersk, will join Rio Tinto as an executive director on September 3 and take over as CFO on the...