Representatives of Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (GD Vsevolod Geihmann, Technical Director Leonid Kazanabev, and Financi al Director Boris Birman) became members of the Supervisory Board of Nova Zinc, a limited liability partnership dealing in mining and processing of lead-zinc ore at Akzhal deposit in Kazakhstan.

The corresponding decision was made by the Board of Directors of Nova Trading & Commerce AG (Zug, Switzerland), the sole proprietor of Nova Zinc. During the first meeting of the Supervisory Board, Mr Geihmann was elected Chairman.