09:11 AM EDT, 06/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Perseus Mining ( PMNXF ) on Wednesday appointed James Rutherford to its board as a non-executive, independent director with immediate effect.

The company stated that Rutherford is a seasoned investment professional with over 25 years of experience in investment management and banking, specializing in the global mining and metals sector. It further added that he has extensive international experience and brings considerable financial and corporate insight to the board. He is currently a director of Manara Minerals Investment, a joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and is a non-executive director of Ecora Resources, positions he has held since 2023 and 2019 respectively. He was also appointed as a non-executive director of Minera Cobre de Colombia earlier this year.

Rutherford served as a non-executive director of Anglo-American, the UK-listed diversified mining group, from 2013 to 2020, and was appointed non-executive chairman of the gold producer Centamin in 2020. He held that role until late 2024. He was also lead independent director of GT Gold from 2019 until its acquisition by Newmont in 2021 and, before that, was a non-executive director and then chairman of Dalradian Resources from 2015 to 2018.

Rutherford also held the role of senior vice president at Capital Group, a US investment firm, between 1997 and 2013. Prior to that, he was vice president at HSBC James Capel in New York. He has also worked at Credit Lyonnais Securities.

"His broad knowledge of the mining industry, across multiple commodities and jurisdictions, including Africa, will be a strong complement to the Perseus leadership team as we pursue our ambitions to become a leader of the gold mining industry on the continent," said Perseus's Non-Executive Chairman Rick Menell. "Jim's appointment forms part of our ongoing Board renewal process. The Board is currently considering the appointment of an additional director with specific geological expertise to further strengthen its capability"