BlackRock World Mining Trust plc announced that Ollie Oliveira will be appointed as a non-executive director of the company with effect from February 3, 2020. Mr. Oliveira is a chartered accountant, chartered management accountant and economist with over 35 years of strategic and operating experience in the mining industry and corporate finance. He is currently senior independent director of Antofagasta plc and Polymetal International plc. He previously held senior executive positions within the Anglo American group, including executive director corporate finance and head of strategy and business development of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd, De Beers Centenary AG and De Beers SA and a director of Dominion Diamond Corporation. He will also serve as a member of the Company’s Audit and Management Engagement Committee. He currently has no interest in the share capital of the company.