---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-001141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYMC"
cik: "0001718405"
company_name: "HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T08:46:48.304996+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hycroft Mining: Chair Stephen Lang resigns for health reasons; Thomas Weng named new Chair effective Jan 15, 2025

## Summary
- Stephen Lang steps down as Chair due to health reasons, effective Jan 15, 2025, but remains an independent director.
- Thomas Weng, current Lead Independent Director, appointed Chair of the Board effective January 15, 2025.
- Weng to receive $70,000 annual Chair retainer ($25K cash, $45K in RSUs) plus committee and meeting fees.
- Weng has been a director since May 2020; 25+ years in financial services, co-founder of Alta Capital Partners.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-001141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYMC
- cik: 0001718405
- company_name: HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718405/000149315225001141/0001493152-25-001141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718405/000149315225001141/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-001141
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-001141.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-001141.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas Weng was appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors at HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: the Board of Directors appointed Thomas Weng, the current independent lead director and Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors, effective January 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718405/000149315225001141/0001493152-25-001141-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen A. Lang changed role as Chair of the Board of Directors at HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP.
  - Action: stepped down as Chair
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: Stephen A. Lang, the Chair of the Board of Directors of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (the “Company”), advised the Company that he will step down as Chair of the Board of Directors due to health reasons, effective January 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718405/000149315225001141/0001493152-25-001141-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.