Katanga Mining Limited announced that the board of directors has approved the appointment of Mr. Mark Davis to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of November 19, 2019. Mr. Davis was designated to act as CEO by Glencore International AG pursuant to the management services agreement between the Company and Glencore entered into in January 2019. Mr. Davis replaces Mr. Jeff Gerard as CEO and has assumed Mr. Gerard's seat on the Company's board of directors. Mr. Davis has almost two and a half decades of experience in global mining companies, working within Australia, Africa and South America. Prior to joining Katanga, he was the Executive General Manager of MMG's operational and growth objectives in Africa, Australia, and Asia. Prior thereto, Mr. Davis had general management responsibility for BHP Billiton's aluminum smelting operations in South Africa.