Tom Palmer will succeed Chris Robison as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Newmont Mining Corp. on May 1.
Palmer joined Newmont in March 2014 and was elected senior vice president, Asia Pacific in February 2015 after serving as senior vice president of the Indonesia market.
He serves on the Board of the Minerals Council of Australia and as chair of the council’s Health and Safety Committee.
Palmer earned his Master of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Engineering degrees from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Robison was elected executive vice president and chief operating officer in March 2015, having previously served as executive vice president of operations and projects since May 2013.
He is a member of the Society of Metallurgical Engineers and serves on the advisory board for the University of Nevada, Reno’s Mackay School of Mines.
He earned his bachelor’s of science degree in metallurgical engineering from UNR.
