Mantle strengthens board

23rd June 2016 By: Mariaan Webb - Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Mantle Mining chairperson Martin Blakeman has stepped down after nearly a decade on the board, the company announced on Thursday.

The company, which is set to restart the Norton gold mine, in Queensland, and the Morning Star mine, in Victoria, also made two new appointments to strengthen its board.

Corporate and legal veteran Robert Barraket joined the board as nonexecutive chairperson, while investment banker and corporate adviser Ian King joined the board as nonexecutive director.