Appointment of Non-Executive Director and Chief...

Vast Resources plc / Ticker: VAST / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

22 December 2015
Vast Resources plc
("Vast" or "the Company")
Directorate Change
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Non-executive Director appointment
Vast Resources plc, the AIM listed mining company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Graham Briggs as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.  For eight years Mr. Briggs has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, in 2015 the third largest gold producer in South Africa, and brings extensive operational experience to the Board as it develops its mining properties.

Mr. Briggs, who has a degree in Geology and Applied Geology from the University of Durban has had a career in the mining industry spanning 43 years.  He is Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Mines in South Africa.

Chief Financial Officer
Vast also announces the appointment of Mr Pierre Joubert as Chief Financial Officer of the Company with immediate effect.  Until he became self-employed in 2012 Mr Joubert spent seven years with Macquarie, mostly with the Macquarie Natural Resources Group in the Far East where he worked on a variety of cross border merger and acquisition transactions and capital raisings.  Mr Joubert is a chartered accountant and has a certificate in the financial modelling of derivatives from the University of South Africa.  Mr Joubert has already been working for the Company part-time as a consultant and his full-time appointment significantly adds to the strength of the financial team as the Company develops its new mines.  Mr Joubert will not be a director of the company on appointment.

Vast's Chief Executive Officer, Roy Pitchford, said, "These appointments add greatly to the Company's strengths.  Graham's extensive mining experience will add substantial weight to the non-executive Board and Pierre is a valuable addition to the senior executive team."

Regulatory Information - Graham Briggs

Current Directorships	Directorships held in the last five years
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited	None other than Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries
Subsidiaries of above

There are no further disclosures to be made in relation to Graham Briggs pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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For further information visit www.vastresourcesplc.com or please contact:

Vast Resources plc Roy Tucker (Finance Director)	[phone]  [phone]
Roy Pitchford (Chief Executive Officer)	[phone]  (O) [phone]  (M) [phone]
Strand Hanson Limited - Financial & Nominated Adviser  James Spinney  James Bellman	www.strandhanson.co.uk  [phone]
Daniel Stewart and Company plc - Joint Broker  Martin Lampshire David Coffman	www.danielstewart.co.uk  [phone]
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Ltd - Joint Broker Jason Robertson Neil Badger	www.dowgatecapitalstockbrokers.co.uk [phone]
St Brides Partners Ltd Charlotte Heap Hugo de Salis	www.stbridespartners.co.uk  [phone]

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