The Board of Allied Gold has appointed Richard Johnson as chief executive officer.

Richard Johnson held various production management positions in Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co (JCI) at its gold and platinum mines between 1973 and 1979. While with JCI, he also worked in the group’s finance division responsible for financial modelling and valuation of new capital projects.

From 1980 to 1989, he was an executive director of Golden Dumps that managed several listed gold mines in South Africa, including South Roodepoort Main Reef Areas and Consolidated Modderfontein Mines.

Richard Johnson then established himself as an independent mineral industry consultant in Brisbane, Queensland, servicing listed Australian companies with assets in Australia and internationally.

He joined DRDGold at the beginning of 2002 with a specific brief to look at growth projects and this led to being responsible for growth in the Australasian region and also the management of Tolukuma Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea on a full time basis. Following this he was appointed DRDGold divisional director Australasia and a director of Emperor Mines. He was closely associated with the successful reversal of DRDGold’s PNG assets into Emperor to create a mid-tier Australian growth vehicle in the gold sector.

The Board of Allied Gold believes Richard Johnson’s long association with mining projects in Papua New Guinea and his knowledge of the Simberi project, having reviewed it in his prior positions, will bring considerable value to the company.

Aliied Gold also advises of the resignation of Grant Brock as a director and chief operating officer

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