Dean Gehring
Newmont Mining Corp. appointed Dean Gehring to lead the company’s South America business beginning on June 1. Gehring succeeds Trent Tempel, who is retiring after 33 years of distinguished service to the company. Most recently, Gehring served as head of safety and security for Rio Tinto’s worldwide operations.
Nolitha Fakude Richard Price
Anglo American plc announced that Nolitha Fakude will join the board as a nonexecutive director. Most recently, Fakude served as an executive director on the board of South Africa-based petrochemicals company, Sasol, since 2005. The company also appointed Richard Price as group general counsel and a member of Anglo American’s Group Management Committee, effective May 1. Price will join Anglo American from the London office of international law firm Shearman & Sterling where he has been a senior corporate partner since 2003 and currently co-leads the firm’s global metals and mining practice.
Jenny Gotthardsson Hans Jönsson
Jenny Gotthardsson has been appointed as the new general manager at Boliden Garpenberg. Her most recent position has been as mill manager in Garpenberg. She will take up the position as general manager on June 1. Garpenberg’s current general manager, Hans Jönsson, will take up the position of general manager of Boliden’s copper mine in Aitik June 1.
Jerry Jiao
MMG Ltd. announced the resignation of Andrew Michelmore as CEO and executive director. Jerry Jiao will cease to be the chairman of board of directors and will succeed Michelmore. Michelmore will continue with MMG until July 1 to ensure a smooth transition and is consistent with his retirement plans announced in September 2016. Jiao has acted as a director on MMG’s board since the company’s formation in 2009 and was appointed chairman in 2014.
Kimberly Keating Jason LeBlanc
Yamana Gold appointed Kimberly Keating to its board of directors and Jason LeBlanc as CFO. Keating is currently vice president, fabrication, with the Cahill Group. LeBlanc has been with Yamana for 11 years and has held increasingly senior positions over that time. In February 2016, the company announced that Charles Main, executive vice president, finance, and CFO would be retiring at he end of February 2017.
Brendan Bell
Dominion Diamond Corp. announced that Brendan Bell will step down from his role as CEO and a member of the board of directors. Bell has agreed to continue to serve in his role as CEO until June 30. A successor has not yet been identified.
Aquila Resources announced that Bill Matheson has been named as director, construction. Matheson will oversee the development and construction of Back Forty, Aquila’s flagship zinc- and gold-rich project located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Most recently, he worked as project development manager at the Ajax project at KGHM.
Karl Hanneman Tom Irwin
International Tower Hill Mines appointed Karl Hanneman as CEO. Hanneman, currently the COO, will be managing both the CEO and COO responsibilities. Tom Irwin, the current CEO, will transition into a part-time position of senior advisor prior to his standing for election to the board at the May 2017 Annual General Meeting.
NxGold Ltd. appointed Christopher McFadden as president and CEO and appointed Richard Patricio, Trevor Thiele and Todd Roberts to the board of directors.
Elizabeth Gaines
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. appointed Elizabeth Gaines to the position of CFO.
