UPDATE 2-Kazakh miner ENRC against Kazakhmys board seat

(Rewrites with chief executive comments)

By Eric Onstad

LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Kazakh mining group ENRC (ENRC.L), which has seen positive trends feed through into second-quarter trading, would likely reject any request for a board seat by rival Kazakhmys (KAZ.L), which is due to become the biggest shareholder with a 22 percent stake.

Kazahkmys, which announced on Tuesday it would buy a further 7.7 percent stake in ENRC from the government, has not made such a request but had asked for board representation before, Chief Executive Johannes Sittard said on Wednesday.

The previous request was rejected before ENRC's listing in December because there was a conflict of interest, he told reporters after the company's annual general meeting.

"I don't think there has been any change of position ... if there is a conflict of interest at 14 percent, it exists at 20 percent."

Kazakhmys said on Tuesday it would seek cooperation with ENRC, and Sittard said that would be considered. "We cannot say generally ... it depends on the projects."

ENRC was not surprised by the government's sale of part of its ENRC stake to Kazakhmys, a move that analysts said made a merger between the two rivals more likely.