Acacia Mining plc announced board changes. Alan Ashworth, Deborah Gudgeon and Adrian Reynolds appointed as independent Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. Mike Kenyon and Andre Falzon to step down from the Board, effective 31 July 2019. Mr. Ashworth’s career has spanned more than 40 years with the majority being spent with De Beers, including periods as General Manager of Namdeb (Namibia) and Head of Operations for their South African and Tanzanian Operations (where he also served on the Board of Williamson Diamonds Ltd). Mr. Ashworth will join the EHS&S Committee and, following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company, will chair that Committee. He will also join a Technical Committee recently formed as a committee of the Board. Ms Gudgeon is a chartered accountant with 30 years’ experience. From 2011 to 2017, Ms Gudgeon served as Managing Director of Gazelle Corporate Finance Limited. Ms Gudgeon has been a Non-Executive Director of EVRAZ plc (listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange) since May 2015, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Ms Gudgeon will join and, following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company, will chair the Acacia Audit Committee. She will also join the Compensation and Nomination & Governance Committees. Mr. Reynolds has an MSc in Geology, a Graduate Diploma of Mining Engineering and over 30 years' experience in the natural resources sector, including more than 15 years' experience with Randgold Resources Limited. Mr. Reynolds was formerly Non-Executive Chairman of Digby Wells Environmental, one of the foremost mining environmental consultancies in Africa, and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Aureus Mining Inc. (whose shares are traded on AIM and the Toronto Stock Exchange) until his retirement from both boards in 2016. Mr. Reynolds will join and lead the new Technical Committee and will also join the EHS&S Committee. All of the new Directors will also join the Independent Committee of the Board. Mr. Ashworth and Mr. Reynolds will bring significant technical mining expertise to the Board. Ms Gudgeon, with her extensive financial experience, has the appropriate skillset to succeed Mr. Falzon as Audit Committee Chair. Mike Kenyon and André Falzon have resigned from the Board, such resignation to take effect from 31 July 2019 thereby allowing an orderly handover and succession process. Following the new appointments, the Board of the Company shall be comprised of one Non-Executive Interim Chair, one Executive Director, six Independent Non-Executive Directors and one Non-Executive Director appointed by Barrick as a nominee director under their Relationship Agreement with the Company.