County Coal Limited announced the appointment of Rod Ruston to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective 9 July, 2012. Mr. Ruston is a mining engineer, who also holds an MBA. He has 37 years of business experience in the resource industry and has worked at senior management level, including as CEO, in public companies in the coal, heavy minerals, construction and oil and gas industries. Mr. Ruston has been for the last 7 years a President and CEO of North American Energy Partners. Prior to this he was the CEO of Ticor Limited.