lundin mining corps shares advanced friday after the base metals miner said it has picked a company insider to succeed marie inkster as chief executive at midday the shares were 3 higher at c997 having hit a high of c1010 earlier in the session the stock has been moving lower since about midapril and is down 12 since the end of last year lundin late thursday said peter rockandel has been selected to assume the role of president and chief executive after ms inkster informed directors she was stepping down at the end of the year for personal reasons ms inkster joined the mining company in 2008 and served as chief financial officer for 10 years before being named president and ceo in 2018 mr rockandel is currently the companys senior vice president of corporate development and investor relations before joining lundin he was managing director of investment banking at gmp securities leading its north american mining practice