Stillwater Mining Appoints Christopher Bateman as CFO

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC,TSX:SWC.U) has appointed Christopher Bateman as its new CFO. Mr. Greg Wing, former CFO of Stillwater, will retire from the company.

As quoted in the press release:

Mr. Bateman previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources, an international mining company focused on copper, gold and coal. Prior to his appointment at Turquoise Hill Resources in 2012, he was Chief Financial and Business Development Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds and Minerals from 2010 to 2012. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Bateman served as Chief Financial Officer of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. From 2003 to 2006, he held commercial and operational roles at Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Utah Copper operations. Mr. Bateman also held the positions of Financial Planning and Analysis Director and Information Technology Director at Kaiser Aluminum. In addition, he spent eight years at Arthur Andersen’s business consulting practice.

Stillwater president and CEO, Mick McMullen, said:

Chris has a proven track record of strategic planning, process improvement and balance sheet management across several jurisdictions and commodities. We have made significant progress at Stillwater in many areas including profitability and cost discipline. We are confident Chris brings the talents and insights necessary to implement practices that will further strengthen the Company’s results as well as enhance our finance and accounting functions.

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