OREANDA-NEWS. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., at its 90th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders convened today, increased its number of outside directors from one to two. In tandem with this move, at the Board of Directors meeting held after the General Meeting of Shareholders it was decided to add one new member to the independent committee established in line with the Company’s takeover defense measures.

Newly Appointed Member of the Independent Committee

Name: Hitoshi Taimatsu

Professional Experience:
April 1979 Research Associate, Mining College of Akita University
October 1988 Lecturer, Mining College of Akita University
April 1990 Associate Professor, Mining College of Akita University
April 1994 Professor, Mining College of Akita University
April 1998 Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science of Akita University
April 2006 Director, Radioisotope Research Center of Akita University
April 2008 Member, Education and Research Council of Akita University Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science of Akita University
April 2010 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering and Resource Science of Akita University
Vice Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Resource Science of Akita University
June 2015 Director, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd
At June 2015 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering and Resource Science of Akita University
Director, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.