Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) CEO Simon Bennison will retire from the role in August. He has served as CEO since 2008 and AMEC president Will Robinson says he has made a remarkable contribution to the organisation.
Following closure of the IBEX transaction, Kincora Copper has appointed Peter Leaman as senior vice-president of Exploration and John Holliday as chairman of the newly formed Technical Committee.
Griffin Mining has appointed Michael Hulmes as general manager of the Caijiaying Mine in China. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the mining industry having held senior management roles in Australia, Portugal, Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia.
Former Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea Ian Kemish has been appointed executive general manager of public affairs and social governance for Newcrest Mining. He was most recently senior director of Asia Pacific external affairs at ExxonMobil.