Bougainville Copper Ltd. announced that senior Rio Tinto executive Mr. Craig Kinnell will join the Board on the 8th August, 2013 as a Director of the company. Mr. Kinnell will be required to stand for election at the next Annual General Meeting of the company. Mr. Kinnell was appointed to the position of Chief Marketing Officer within the Rio Tinto Copper Product Group in July 2010 and has global responsibility for the marketing and sales of all copper cathode, concentrate, molybdenum, precious metals, rhenium, nickel and all associated by-products from Kennecott Utah Copper, Northparkes, Oyu Tolgoi and Eagle Nickel.