Hallam was with FMG from 2008 until this year and was with Newcrest Mining before that.

Alumina has appointed Chris Thiris as its chief financial officer.

Thiris had been acting as interim CFO since September.

Former Exco Resources managing director Dr Michael Anderson has joined the board of South America-focused explorer Hot Chili.

Anderson joins the board as a representative of Hot Chili shareholder Taurus Funds Management.

Uranium explorer Berkeley Resources has appointed chartered accountant Steven Turner as CFO.

Anthony Wehby has been appointed as chairman of YTC Resources, replacing Dr Wenxiang Gao.

Mineral sands developer Astron has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive director Hayden Stockdale as chief executive officer.

Leonid Charuckyj has joined the board of Speewah Metals as a non-executive director.

Redbank Copper has appointed Austria-based accountant Lucanus Polagnoli to the board as a non-executive director.

The company said it was looking for more Australia-based directors.

Magna Mining has appointed multi-lingual geologist Vladislav Trashliev as technical director.

Amy Musgrave has replaced Elizabeth Hunt as company secretary of Whinnen Resources.

Finally, Stirling Resources has appointed Shannon Coates as company secretary.