Who's in, who's out

Ghana-focused gold producer Asante Gold named Campbell Baird acting CEO after Dave Anthony retired from the post on 11 March. Baird, who joined Asante earlier in 2026 to oversee its Ghana ramp-up, has more than 30 years' mining experience across Africa, Australia and North America; the appointment was announced alongside record quarterly revenue.

Northern Cape copper producer Copper 360 named chief operating officer Gordon Thompson transitional CEO after Graham Briggs, who had led the company for about eight months, took a leave of absence. Seten Naidoo became chief commercial officer in place of Stephen du Plessis, the latest upheaval at a JSE AltX company that had just completed a R400m rights offer.

Barrick said Mark Bristow had stepped down as president and CEO after almost seven years, and appointed Mark Hill, a Barrick veteran since 2006, as group COO and interim chief executive with immediate effect. The company gave no reason for Bristow's exit, which came as its Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali remained caught up in a dispute with the government, and the board began a search for a permanent CEO.