JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Aim-, JSE- and TSX-listed Platmin has started evaluating suitable candidates to succeed its current CEO Ian Watson, who will retire as an executive and director of the junior mining company at the end of the year.

"Ian has been a director and executive of Platmin since 2004 and has guided the company from being an explorer to a producer. On behalf of the board, shareholders and employees I thank him for his hard work and dedication to the company," Platmin chairperson Keith Liddell noted in a statement.

Meanwhile, the company has appointed the Pilanesberg Platinum Mines GM Cobus Bronn as a director of Boynton Investments, Platmin's South African operating subsidiary, to simplify its reporting structure.

Innocent ‘Popo' Gumede, who has experience in labour and government related matters, had also been appointed as a director of Boynton. His primary areas of responsibility would be employee and community relations and government liaison and facilitation.

"The appointment of Popo Gumede as a director of Boynton is intended to improve the dialogue between stakeholders in our various projects and he brings a wealth of facilitation experience to the company. Likewise, the appointment of Bronn will bring incremental hands-on knowledge and expertise to the Boynton board," Platmin deputy chairperson Kwape Mmela commented.

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