Newcrest beefs up board Besieged gold miner Newcrest will add more legal and investment banking experience to its board, with a new appointment announced today. A poor operational year on Newcrest's gold mines lurched into crisis in the days prior to June 7, when a series of major banks and the stock market correctly anticipated a major corporate restructure. The saga prompted fears that market sensitive information had been selectively distributed - a claim Newcrest denies strongly. The company is now subject of an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and has also hired former ASX chair Maurice Newman to conduct an internal review. Mr Newman's review could be completed within the next couple of weeks at the earliest.