The board of New Talisman Gold Mines is in further flux after a succession of resignations.
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Company Secretary Jane Bell and director Matthew Hill resigned from their board positions effectively immediately.
Hill will remain with the company in his capacity as chief executive.
The departures follow the sudden resignation of New Talisman chair Charbel Nader and director Murray Stevens last week.
The company responded to this morning's departures by appointing independent director John Upperton to chair the board.
It also announced that another outsider, Northland farmer Calum McKenzie, would join the company's governance team on an interim basis.
"The Board looks forward to rebuilding its skills base and will be looking to appoint further Directors in the coming weeks," it said in a statement to the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
Divisions among the board forced the cancellation of the company's planned capital raise on Friday.
At the time, it said that "differing views" and "discord" amongst its reconstituted board meant it was unable to reach a consensus and agree on the strategy that was put forward by the previous board.
The ructions appear to have stemmed from the company's recent annual general meeting where small shareholders, backed by the Shareholders Association, supported the election of outsider and company critic John Upperton to the board.
It was a move sparked by growing discontent with the company's performance and current governance, the Shareholders Association said at the time.
They also blocked the reappointment of Kelly Wyse and backed successful, but non-binding, motions for the resignation of chief executive Matthew Hill and chair Charbel Nader.
The Financial Markets Authority is taking court action against Matthew Hill over alleged market manipulation
