Hycroft Mining announces board chair transition

Hycroft Mining (HYMC) announced that Stephen Lang will step down as Chair of the Board of Directors due to health reasons effective January 15, but will remain on the Board as an Independent Director. Thomas Weng, current independent Lead Director and Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee has been appointed Chair of the Board, also effective January 15. Weng has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector. In 2011, Weng co-founded Alta Capital Partners, a provider of financial advisory services. From February 2007 to January 2011, Weng was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Head of Equity Capital Markets for Metals and Mining throughout the Americas and Latin America.