Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of Mr. Mead


On December 20, 2019, Matthew H. Mead (age 57) was appointed as a member of the
board of directors (the "Board of Directors") of Ciner Resource Partners LLC
(the "General Partner"), the general partner of Ciner Resources LP (the
"Partnership"), effective as of January 1, 2020, to serve until the earlier of
his removal in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner, as amended, his
death or resignation.
Since 2001, Mr. Mead has owned and operated privately held family businesses in
Wyoming that specialize in livestock and land.  He also has been a co-owner in a
private family development company since 2007.  Beginning in January 2011 and
ending in January 2019, Mr. Mead served as the Governor of the State of
Wyoming.  Prior to his tenure as Governor, Mr. Mead served from October 2001 to
June 2007 as United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming.  In addition,
Mr. Mead has agreed to serve as a member of the board of directors of Imperial
Natural Resources Trona Mining Inc. ("Imperial"), a subsidiary of Akkan Enerji
ve Madencilik Anonim ªirketi, a member of the Ciner Group, effective as of
January 1, 2020. Mr. Mead earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity
University in 1984 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Wyoming in
1987.  The General Partner believes that Mr. Mead's experience as a U.S.
Attorney and Governor of Wyoming equipped him with the necessary skills to be a
member of the Board of Directors, in part, because of his extensive familiarity
with the regulatory and governmental issues facing the Partnership in its daily
operations.
Pursuant to his appointment as a member of the Board of Directors of the General
Partner and as a member of the board of directors of Imperial, the Board of
Directors has approved an arrangement (the "Retainer Arrangement") whereby
effective January 1, 2020, Mr. Mead will receive an annual cash retainer of
$200,000, payable in monthly installments, a substantial portion of which is
expected to be allocated to the General Partner for his services as a member of
the Board of Directors of the General Partner.
Other than the aforementioned matters, there are no arrangements or
understandings between Mr. Mead and any other person pursuant to which he was
appointed to serve as a director of the Board of Directors.  The Partnership and
the General Partner are not aware of any transactions or existing relationships
in which Mr. Mead has a direct or indirect material interest that would require
disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K other than as set forth
herein, and are not aware of any family relationship between Mr. Mead and the
General Partner's executive officers, directors or any person nominated to
become a director or executive officer of the General Partner that would require
disclosure under Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K.  Other than the Retainer
Arrangement, no material plan, contract, or arrangement was entered into or
materially amended by the Partnership or the General Partner in connection with
Mr. Mead's appointment, and there was no grant or award made by the Partnership
or the General Partner to Mr. Mead or modification thereto under any such plan,
contract, or arrangement in connection with his appointment.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 23, 2019, the Partnership issued a press release announcing the foregoing actions. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information provided under this Item 7.01 and the information attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 shall be deemed to be "furnished" and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The furnishing of the information in this report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Partnership that the information in this report is material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Partnership or any of its affiliates.




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Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
Exhibit Number                Description

99.1 Press release dated December 23, 2019.

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