IAMGOLD Corporation announced that Mr. Bruno Lemelin has been appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. A well-respected executive leader with over 20 years of operational expertise, Mr. Lemelin joined IAMGOLD in 2014 as Mine Manager at Essakane, whereafter he served as General Manager at Essakane from 2016 to 2018 and as Regional Vice President - Americas in 2019. Mr. Lemelin was subsequently named Senior Vice President Operations and Projects in March 2020.

Before joining IAMGOLD, Mr. Lemelin developed his mining expertise with different international mining companies, including SNC-Lavalin as Vice-President, Sustainable Mining, from 2011 to 2014, and for Xstrata (now Glencore) in Sudbury, Ontario, from 2001 to 2003 and at the Raglan Mine, Nunavik, Quebec, from 2003 to 2011, as head of Mining Engineering and as Manager, Strategy, Risks and Communications. Mr. Lemelin studied at Universit Laval and holds a master's and Doctorate in Mineral Economics, as well as bachelor degrees in Mining Engineering and Business Administration. Mr. Lemelin is a member of the Ordre des ingnieurs du Qubec and the Professional Engineers of Ontario.