Bursa Announcements

APPOINTMENT OF KEY PERSONNEL

The Board of Directors of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr Chua Cheong Yong as the Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer and Encik Ir. Mohamed Yakub bin Ismail as the Group Chief Operating Officer of Mining with effect from 1 April 2012.

Mr Chua Cheong Yong

Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer/Group Chief Operating Officer, Smelting (Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad)

Mr. Chua Cheong Yong has a total of 30 years service in the MSC Group. He assumes the role of Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer and will continue to helm the International Tin Smelting operations of the MSC Group of companies as well as the Company’s African tin projects.  In this context, he will continue to play a pivotal role in creating new strategic business relationships for the Group as well as expanding established major accounts.  He is part of the business development team responsible for identifying viable resource projects and businesses for the Group.  In addition, he also oversees the day to day commercial, marketing and trading activities of the various local and overseas business units of the Group.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Business Studies from the City University of London as well as a Diploma in Market Research.  Mr. Chua is a director to the Board of ITRI Ltd, the global R&D arm of the tin industry based in London.  He also sits on the Board of KLTM (Kuala Lumpur Tin Market) and is a member of the Chamber of Mines, Malaysia.

Encik Ir. Mohamed Yakub Bin Ismail

Group Chief Operating Officer, Mining (Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad)

Senior General Manager (Rahman Hydraulic Tin Sdn Bhd)

Encik Mohamed Yakub has a total of 37 years of experience in the tin mining industry of which the last 10 years were spent within MSC Group of Companies. Upon graduation in 1975, he was employed by the then Associated Mines Ltd which was absorbed into Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad (MMC) in 1976. He worked for 27 years in MMC in the planning and mining operations of many tin dredges and the operations and management of Sungai Besi Mines, at one time the largest opencast tin mine in the world. In 2002, Encik Yakub was engaged by MSC Group of Companies and was posted to the newly acquired PT Koba Tin, Indonesia. In 2006, he was back to Malaysia to look after the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Rahman Hydraulic Tin Sdn Bhd (RHT). As Senior General Manager of RHT, he played a vital role in turning the RHT mine into a model mine since MSC’s take-over of the mine in 2004. The Board believes that he is well-positioned to lead all the Group’s mining operations in Malaysia, Indonesia and overseas. He would also continue to hold the position of Senior General Manager of RHT.

Encik Mohamed Yakub graduated in mining engineering from the Camborne School of Mines (ACSM), England and is a Registered Professional Engineer in mining, with the Board of Engineers Malaysia since 1984. He is also a member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and a member of the Malaysian Chamber of Mines.   

This announcement is dated 9 April, 2012

By order of the Board,

Sharifah Faridah Abdul Rasheed

Company Secretary