Pierre Heeroma - new Director Group Strategy and Business Development at Boliden

Pierre Heeroma - new Director Group Strategy and Business Development at Boliden

Boliden's former Exploration Director, Pierre Heeroma, has been appointed
Director Group Strategy and Business Development.

Pierre Heeroma joined Boliden as Exploration Director in 2006 after a career
within geology and exploration both in Sweden and abroad. He has spent a large
part of his active career working for the French mining company, Cogema AS and
its successor Areva NC. 

Hans Årebäck will succeed Pierre Heeroma as Exploration Director for Boliden.
Hans Årebäck, a trained bedrock geologist, has been employed at Boliden since
1997, including, among other positions, as an exploration geologist. 

Eva Kaijser, SVP Strategy and Business Development and a member of the Group's
management team, has chosen to leave Boliden. Boliden's management would like to
extend a warm thank you to Eva for all her hard work during the 11 years she has
spent with the Group. As a result of the this, Boliden's Group management will
now comprise:  
Lennart Evrell - President and CEO, Johan Fant - CFO, Marianne Lindholm - SVP
Legal Affairs, Jan Moström - President Business Area Mines, Svante Nilsson -
President Business Area Smelters, Henrik Östberg - SVP Human Resources and
Sustainability. 



For further information, please contact:
Marcela Sylvander, Director Group Communications, Boliden AB
Tel: +46 8 610 1559, +46 733 244 551

Boliden is a leading European metals company whose core competence is in the
fields of exploration, mining, smelting and recycling. Boliden's main metals are
zinc and copper. Other important metals extracted and refined include lead, gold
and silver. The operations are conducted in two Business Areas: Mines and
Smelters. The number of employees is approximately 4 600 and the turnover
amounts to approximately SEK 30 billion annually. Its shares are listed on
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, segment Large Cap and on the Toronto Stock Exchange in
Canada.
	
www.boliden.com