Sunrise Resources plc announced the appointment of David Swan to the board as a non-executive director of the company with effect from May 31, 2012. Mr. Swan will replace Mr. Neil Herbert on the board who is resigning as a non-executive director with effect from May 31, 2012. Mr. Herbert has served as a non-executive director of the company for seven years and is resigning to concentrate on his executive responsibilities with Polo Resources Ltd. Mr. Swan is a Chartered Accountant with a career focus in the retail and natural resource industries. He joined Arthur Andersen after graduating in 1977, and from 1991-1996 acted as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Finance Director for a number of ASX listed mining companies. He returned to the accounting profession in 1996 as Group Leader of the Mining and Resource Group at Ernst & Young in Sydney.