East Star Resources Plc announced the appointment of Chris van Wijk as a Non-Executive Director of the Company effective immediately. Chris is an experienced geologistwho specialises in project evaluation and project generation and developed the porphyry exploration strategy with East Star. Chris brings a wealth of relevant experience, including base metal and gold exploration in Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Australia as well as joint venture management and project evaluation for major mining companies including BHP, IAMGOLD, First Quantum Minerals and Fortescue Metals Group.

Chris has managed various successful exploration projects, including the Scoping Study at Mont Nimba in Guinea for BHP Billiton and the resource drilling at First Quantum's Sentinel Project in Zambia. Chris has a Master of Science in Ore Deposit Geology from the University of Western Australia and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.