St Barbara Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Andrew Strelein as Managing Director with effect from 1 July 2023 following the retirement of Mr. Dan Lougher from the role with effect at 30 June 2023. Mr. Strelein is a highly experienced mining executive with extensive global experience in leadership roles across a number of mining jurisdictions including Australia, Indonesia, Africa and North America. Mr. Strelein joined St Barbara as Chief Development Officer in August 2021 and was instrumental in the acquisition of Bardoc Gold and the sale of the Leonora assets to Genesis Minerals.

Prior to joining St Barbara, Mr. Strelein was Chief Executive Officer of the entity progressing development planning and permitting of the Nimba Iron Ore Project in West Africa. Before that Mr. Strelein was at Newmont in various roles including as Group Executive Corporate Development and in a Group Executive role for the Asia Pacific region.