Acacia Mining plc announces that Mr. Kelvin Dushnisky has tendered his resignation as a non-executive director of Acacia, effective as at 31 August 2018, and from his position as Chair of the Board. Further to Kelvin’s resignation, the Board of Acacia has appointed Rachel English as Interim Chair of the Board, with effect from 1 September 2018. Ms English is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Acacia. Ms English has held senior positions in BG Group and Royal Dutch Shell, with responsibilities spanning finance, corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and business development. She began her career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and subsequently worked for the World Bank Group and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”), where she was involved in policy development and lending operations. Ms English has held a number of non-executive positions over the past 10 years. Currently, Ms English is also a Director of Helios Social Enterprise, which she founded to develop renewable energy access projects in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Following these changes, the Board of Acacia now comprises an Interim Chair (prior to appointment, an Independent Non-Executive Director), one Executive Director, three Independent Non-Executive Directors and one Barrick Nominee Non-Executive Director. The Board will continue to consider opportunities for additional Board appointments as part of its orderly succession planning processes, and to ensure that it retains the appropriate balance and expertise to meet Acacia’s business objectives.