Crossland has appointed Mr. Eric Vesel as a Non Executive Director with effect 13 November 2015. Mr. Vesel is a qualified mining engineer (Australia) with 30 years professional involvement in the mining industry. His experience includes a range of technical, operations, management and corporate roles in both small and large mining companies in Australia, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia.

He was formerly Chief Operating Officer for Avocet Mining PLC and has considerable international project experience. Eric's involvement will strengthen the project development capability of the board as Crossland moves forward with its new financial joint venture partner Essential Mining Resources Pty Ltd.