Göran Kördel appointed CIO for Boliden

Regulatory News:

Göran Kördel has been appointed CIO for the Boliden Group (STO:BOL) (TSX:BLS) as of 19 May 2014. Göran holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Management and Engineering from Linköping University. He enjoyed a long career with Ericsson, working initially with business control and the development of their service operations, and subsequently in a range of different IT managerial positions.

In 2008 Göran was appointed President of Sandvik IT Services AB, and in 2011 he was appointed CIO and Vice President of the Sandvik Group. For the past year, Göran has been running his own consultancy firm, Nordwise Management.

"We welcome Göran to Boliden and are looking forward to benefitting from his extensive experience of leading large IT-organisations through change management processes, all the way from strategy, through implementation, and on into sustainable business operations,” says Boliden’s CFO, Mikael Staffas.

"Boliden is a very exciting company also when it comes to IT development. I am very pleased to become a part of the team,” says Göran Kördel.

Boliden is a metals company with a commitment to sustainable development. Our roots are Nordic, but our business is global. The company’s core competence is within the fields of exploration, mining, smelting and metals recycling. Boliden has a total of approximately 4,800 employees and a turnover of SEK 34 billion. Its shares is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, segment Large Cap.

www.boliden.com

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