HMS Bergbau AG announced the appointment of Dennis Schwindt as Chairman of the Management Board (CEO) for term of five years. He had been appointed as COO to the Management Board of HMS Bergbau AG at the beginning of 2018. As COO, Dennis Schwindt has been highly successful at HMS Bergbau AG in carrying out his responsibility for raw materials trading, developing special projects and co-managing foreign subsidiaries, as well as overseeing investor relations. Heinz Schernikau (69), who founded HMS Bergbau AG in 1995, will leave the Management Board as planned with effect from 30 June 2020 to oversee the company's success in the years to come as a member of the Supervisory Board.