Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. announced effective from June 27, 2016, the company proposed changes to its executive officers and their responsibilities. The company announced new position of Kazuhisa Nakano as Outside Director, and also appointed Masahiro Morimoto to the position of General Manager of Finance & Accounting Dept from the formers position of Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. The company appointed asuyuki Nakayama to the new position of Audit & Supervisory Board Member, unichi Kondo to the new position of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, appointed Kazuo Nakashige to the new position as Adviser, appointed Hajime Sato new position as Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member, appointed Fumio Mizuno as Executive Officer, Qualified Executive and General Manager of Engineering Div. The company also appointed Atsushi Kaikake to the position of Executive Officer, Qualified Executive and General Manager of Engineering Div, Nobuhiro Matsumoto to the position of Executive Officer, Qualified Executive and Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div, Yasushi Hashimoto to the position of Managing Executive Officer, Qualified Executive and General Manager of Finance & Accounting Dept, Masayuki Yamagiwa to the position of Adviser, Akira Nozaki to the position of Managing Executive Officer, Naoyuki Tsuchida to the position of General Manager of Engineering Div., Hiroyuki Asai to the position of General Manager of Public Relations & Investor Relations Dept., Masaki Imamura to the position of Senior Deputy General Manager of Technology Div, General Manager of Niihama Research Laboratories, Technology Div, Atsushi Idegami to the position of Senior Deputy General Manager of Materials Div., Shuichi Yasukawa to the position of General Manager of Human Resources Development Dept. and Takaji Shinohara to the position of Adviser of the company.