Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited announced the appointment of experienced mining executive Dr. Roric Smith to the board as an independent non-executive director, effective July 4, 2017. Dr. Smith is a geologist who has held several senior technical and management positions. He has played key roles in the discovery and development of exploration and mining projects both locally and internationally in the gold-copper sector. He is currently a non-executive director of Sandfire Resources and a Principal Consultant with HiSeis, specialists in hard-rock seismic acquisition and processing. He also serves on the Advisory board of the Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) CRC at Macquarie University, Sydney. Dr. Smith's previous positions include Vice-President, Discovery for Evolution Mining and Senior Vice-President, Global Greenfield Exploration at AngloGold Ashanti. The company also announced that Mark Connelly will not nominate for re-election as a non-executive director of the company at the AGM in November, but remains available to provide ongoing strategic assistance on a consultancy basis.