Firefinch Limited announced the appointment of Liz Wall and Naomi Scott as Non-Executive Directors. Wall is a specialist consultant in Environment, Social and Governance matters with more than twenty years of global experience assessing and addressing social and environmental risks associated with extractive sector projects and investments. Having worked on a number of the largest extractive sector projects in the world, including Simandou, the ExxonMobil Rovuma project, Papua New Guinea LNG, and the Guinea Alumina Project, while also working closely with junior and mid-tier companies she brings pragmatic experience of social and environmental risks and opportunities.

Liz recently served as Chair and director of TSX listed Royal Road Minerals. She has significant African experience, having worked in over a dozen countries including Mali, with extensive periods of time spent on the continent. She has provided strategic advice to listed companies and private equity firms, has worked for both the mining industry (Rio Tinto) and major lending institutions (the International Finance Corporation) directly, as well as undertaking corporate governance roles for not-for-profit organisations.

Wall is a Rhodes scholar with a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, and Master's degrees in Development Studies and Environmental Management. She is a Fellow and CP (social performance) of the AusIMM and is Chair of the Social Practice Forum. Scott has eleven years of operational experience within the mining sector and over ten years of experience in the design and implementation of United Nations programmes.

Ms Scott is a respected authority on investment risk analysis and crisis management in Africa. For the last 6 years Ms Scott has served as Legal Counsel and Country Director Mozambique for Battery Minerals (Australia), which involved managing all aspects of legal compliance in Mozambique and Mauritius, ensuring oversight of legal matters in Australia, as well as securing mining licenses, export licenses, environmental impact plans, multiple road/water/construction/processing permits and a community relocation agreement. Ms Scott was CEO of Anglo American (Mozambique) for four years, a position which, alongside day to day management, focused on business development, project generation, regional project integration and government negotiation.

Prior to Anglo, Scott was Regional Director of Metals Africa.