Mount Gibson Iron Limited announced that senior operational executive and Chief Operating Officer Mr. Scott de Kruijff will shortly retire from the Company and that Mr. Mark Mitchell has been appointed as Mount Gibson's new Chief Operating Officer. Following an executive search process, Mount Gibson announces the appointment of experienced mining executive Mr. Mark Mitchell as Chief Operating Officer, effective 28 October 2019. Mr. Mitchell is a chemical engineer with an extensive technical background and more than 20 years' experience in senior management and operational roles at major mining operations across Australia, Africa and Papua New Guinea spanning various mineral commodities including nickel, copper, gold and lithium. Mr. Mitchell was most recently Executive General Manager at Mineral Resources' Wodgina lithium mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where he oversaw the transition from construction to commissioning and operations of the Wodgina hard-rock lithium mine and concentrator. His prior roles also include Vice President Operations of the world-scale Ambatovy nickel laterite operation in Madagascar, with overall responsibility for all aspects of the mining, processing, rail transport and port operations, and senior corporate and General Manager roles with Newcrest Mining at the Telfer mine in the Pilbara and the Hidden Valley gold operation in Papua New Guinea.