31st Mar 2005 11:00
Lonmin PLC31 March 2005 31 March 2005 LONMIN APPOINTS PRESIDENT, LONMIN PLATINUM The Board of Lonmin Plc announces that Mr Alistair Ross has been appointedPresident of Lonmin's South African operations with effect from 1 July 2005.Alistair Ross is currently General Manager of Processing of Inco's OntarioOperations. Commenting on the appointment, Lonmin's Chief Executive, Brad Mills, said : I am delighted that Alistair is joining us at Lonmin Platinum. He has extensivemetallurgical and deep underground mining experience. His proven managerialskills and African experience make him an ideal choice to lead our Platinumoperations through its current growth and modernisation phase. Notes to Editors Alistair Ross (age 48) is a Zimbabwean with British citizenship, with academicqualifications in both BSc (Eng) Metallurgy (ARSM) and in MSc in Mineral ProcessDesign (DIC). He has more than 20 years experience in the gold, nickel andcopper industries, having previously worked for Rio Tinto Zimbabwe Limited; BCLLimited, Botswana; Magma Copper Company, Arizona; and Phelps Dodge MiningCompany, New Mexico. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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