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NEWS - PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12 E&MJ; • OCTOBER 2017 www.e-mj.com Fortescue Metals Group announced that CEO Nev Power will complete his term as CEO in February 2018. Since his appointment as CEO in July 2011, Fortescue has more than quadrupled its production to 170 million metric tons per year. Prior to joining Fortescue, he was CEO at Thiess. LeadFX appointed Andrew Worland as CEO and corporate secretary, re- placing Rob Scargill as part of the transition changes resulting from the termination of the management services agreement with Enirgi Group in August. Most recently, he held the role as general man- ager and company secretary for Toro Energy. Worland replaces Robert Metcalfe, who resigned as director and chairman of the company. Rio Tinto CFO Chris Lynch will retire by the end of September 2018. He joined the Rio Tinto board in Septem- ber 2011 and was appointed CFO in April 2013. Turquoise Hill Resources appointed Luke Colton as the CFO. Since 2013, he has served as CFO for Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa. Consolidating executive manage- ment in its Toronto offi ce, Yamana has completed the transition of the Technical Services division with Barry Murphy, senior vice president, technical services, now reporting directly to Daniel Racine, COO. Dar- cy Marud, executive vice president, Enterprise Strategy, is to leave the company by mutual agreement. Leagold Mining Corp. appointed Meghan Brown as vice president of investor relations. Brown is past chair of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) Nation- al Board of Directors, and is a director of the Canadian Cancer Society BC/Yukon Board of Directors. MGX Minerals Inc. appointed Ian Graham as vice president of opera- tions. In 1994, he joined Rio Tinto in Canada as the evaluation manager for the Diavik diamond mine, then went on to become chief geologist for diamonds with Rio Tinto's Project Generation Group. Millennium Minerals Ltd. appointed Stacey Apostolou as CFO and company secretary on a contract basis. Apos- tolou is a fi nance executive with more than 30 years of experience in the resources sector. Great Panther Silver Ltd. appointed Matthew Wunder as vice president of exploration and Brian Peer as vice president of operations, Mexico. Wunder has 30 years of experience in the mining industry, including 15 years with Noranda Inc. and more than 10 years as a senior executive for several junior and midsize com- panies. He will transition to become the qualifi ed person (QP) for Great Panther's operating mines and develop- ment projects, succeeding Robert Brown who has retired. Most recently, Peer was a general manager with Red Eagle Mining in Colombia. Nevsun Resources Ltd. appointed Ryan MacWilliam as its CFO. Prior to Nevsun, MacWilliam worked for Lon- don-based X2 Resources LLP. LSC Lithium Corp. appointed Ian Stalker as president and CEO. He is a senior international mining executive with more than 40 years of experience in resource de- velopment, mine construction, and operations in Europe, Africa, South America and Australia. Lupaka Gold Corp. has appointed Will Ansley as presi- dent and CEO, and as a director of the company. He was a member of two teams that placed six mines into produc- tion over an eight-year period in Sudbury and Timmins, Ontario; He was the director of business development for FNX Mining Company Inc. and the vice president of cor- porate planning and strategy for Lake Shore Gold Corp. Will was also the COO of Mineral Streams Inc. where he helped orches- trate its successful sale to AuRico Metals Inc. in 2015. Gordon Ellis will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors. Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. appointed Heather White as COO. White is a professional mining engineer and presi- dent of White Mining Consulting Inc. Superior Industries Inc. hired Ter- ry O'Hearn as its new conveyor components territory manager for the southcentral United States. Before starting at Superior, O'Hearn worked for Texas Bearing. Superi- or Industries Inc. also welcomed Dan Bradford as a washing pro- cess engineer. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., as part of the separately announced acquisition of CH2M HILL Compa- nies Ltd., has formed an Integra- tion Management Offi ce (IMO) to oversee the integration of Jacobs and CH2M. Gary Mandel, who joined Jacobs six years ago through the Aker Solutions Process & Construc- tion acquisition, and most recently served as Jacobs president of Petro- leum and Chemicals (P&C;), has been appointed to lead the integration for Jacobs. In addition, Jacobs announced that Vinayak Pai has been appoint- ed interim head of global Petroleum and Chemicals. Charlotte Brogren was named chief technology offi cer for Alimak Group. She worked 15 years for ABB in various management positions within research & development, most recently, as technology manager for ABB's Robotics Division. The now appointed members of the Board of Epiroc are Johan Forssell, Anders Ullberg, Ulla Litzén and Len- nart Evrell. Ronnie Leten was appointed chair of the board. Leten is a former president and CEO of Atlas Copco AB. Forssell is president and CEO, and board member, of Investor AB. Ullberg is chair of the boards Boliden AB and Studsvik AB. Litzén is a board member of Alfa Laval AB, Electrolux AB, Husqvar- na AB, NCC AB, and Ratos AB. Evrell is president and CEO, and board member, of Boliden AB. Donaldson Company Inc. announced Jacquie Boyer as vice president of global OEM sales. She most recently held the position of vice president, global sales and mar- keting at Stanadyne LLC. Nev Power Chris Lynch Andrew Worland Luke Colton Barry Murphy Daniel Racine Meghan Brown Ian Graham Stacey Apostolou Matthew Wunder Brian Peer Ryan MacWilliam Will Ansley Heather White Terry O'Hearn Dan Bradford Gary Mandel Vinayak Pai Charlotte Brogren Jacquie Boyer

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