Auriant Mining AB (publ) announced management changes. Vladimir Churin will again take the position of Chief Geologist, and Marina Baykalova is appointed as Acting HR Director. Vladimir Churin has more than 30 years' experience as a gold exploration geologist.

He joined Auriant Mining in 2012. His previous experience includes serving as Chief Geologist with Altynalmas in Kazakhstan (2011- 2012), Exploration Manager Oxus Resources in Uzbekistan (2010-2011), and Deputy Chief of the Russian Federal Geological Agency in the Buryatiya Republic (2009-2010). Additionally, he worked as Exploration Manager for Severstal Resurs, Ilmenit, and Kinross Gold.

Vladimir graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute with an MSc in Geology focusing on Exploration Geology. Marina Baykalova has more than 20 years' experience in HR. From 2012, Marina has been Director of HR at the Tardan mine.

Prior to that, she worked as the head of the HR department at the Solvay ferronickel mine in Guatemala. Marina has been Deputy GD of HR at Gypsum Concrete and has been the head of the HR department in various companies in the mining industry, automobile production and banking sector.