Boliden — Board/Management Information 2008

Oct 16, 2008

Press Release 15/2008

Stockholm October 16, 2008

Carina Wång to leave Boliden

Carina Wång, Head of Group Controlling and Acting CFO, has decided to leave Boliden, effective 15 January 2009.

Johan Fant has, as previously communicated, been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Boliden Group.

For further information, please contact:

Lennart Evrell, President and CEO, Boliden AB, telephone: + 46 8 610 15 00 Marcela Sylvander, Information Manager, telephone: +46 8 610 1559, +46 733 244 551

Boliden is a leading European metals company whose core competence is in the fields of exploration, mining, smelting and recycling. Boliden's main metals are zinc and copper. Other important metals extracted and refined include lead, gold and silver. The operations are conducted in three Business Areas: Market, Smelters and Mines. The number of employees is approximately 4 500 and the turnover amounts to approximately EUR 3.6 billion annually. Its shares are listed on Stockholmsbörsen's Large Cap list and on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada.

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