Board Changes and Notice of AGM

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

25 October 2016
Vast Resources plc
("Vast" or the "Company")

Board Changes and Notice of AGM

VAST Resources plc, the AIM-listed mining company with operations in Romania and Zimbabwe, announces that its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held at 2.30pm on 16 November 2016 at the offices of Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP, Ten Bishops Square, Eighth Floor, London E1 6EG. 

At the AGM, incumbent Chairman William Battershill will be retiring as a director of the Company by rotation and will not be offering himself for re-election.  We are pleased to announce that Brian Moritz, who was appointed to the Board on 3 October 2016 and who is resigning and offering himself for re-election at the AGM, has, subject to his reappointment, agreed to become Chairman of the Company until the Company's AGM in 2017. 

A copy of the Notice of AGM and Proxy form will be available on the Company's website at www.vastresourcesplc.com and has been posted to shareholders. 

**ENDS**

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

Vast Resources plc Roy Pitchford (Chief Executive Officer)	[phone] - Office Romania  [phone] - Mobile Romania  [phone] - Mobile UK
Strand Hanson Limited - Financial & Nominated Adviser  James Spinney  James Bellman	www.strandhanson.co.uk  [phone]
Brandon Hill Capital Ltd - Joint Broker Jonathan Evans	www.brandonhillcapital.com [phone]
Peterhouse Corporate Finance Ltd - Joint Broker  Duncan Vasey	www.pcorpfin.com  [phone]
St Brides Partners Ltd Susie Geliher Charlotte Page	www.stbridespartners.co.uk  [phone]

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR").

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Source: Vast Resources plc via Globenewswire