Amplats shares were down 3.6% at 0821 GMT. Board Chairman Norman Mbazima said the process to nominate Viljoen's successor is under way. A process engineer, Viljoen was group head of processing at Anglo American before appointment as Amplats CEO. She has also held leadership roles at AngloGold and was the general manager of Klipspruit Colliery, which was previously owned by global mining giant BHP . (Reporting by Nelson Banya Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and David Goodman )
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Feb 15 (Reuters) - South African miner Anglo American
Platinum's (Amplats) shares fell more than 3% on
Wednesday after the company announced that Chief Executive
Natascha Viljoen will step down next year to become operations
chief at United States-based Newmont Corporation .
Viljoen, who has been at the helm of the world's biggest
platinum group metals miner since April 2020, will continue as
CEO until completion of her 12-month notice period, Amplats said
in a statement.
"While I have identified the next phase of my career, my
commitment to delivering our clear objectives during this year
is as firm as ever, beginning, of course, with keeping our
people safe, every day," Viljoen said.
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