South Harz Potash Limited (South Harz or the Company) announced the appointment of its existing Chairman, Mr. Ian Farmer, to the role of Acting Executive Chairman, effective 20 May 2022. This appointment follows the immediate departure of previous Managing Director and CEO, Mr. Chris Gilchrist, from the business. Mr. Farmer is a UK-based, highly experienced mining executive.

He has been a Non-Executive Director of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the UK since 2014 and was previously a Non-Executive Director of VTTI Energy Partners LP from 2014 to 2017.