The board of directors of Lingbao Gold Company Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Wang Guanghua as an independent non-executive Director, chairman of the nomination committee, a member of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration committee of the company with effect from 30 March 2016 to fill the vacancy for the post of independent non-executive Director and the chairman of nomination committee of the company in order to comply with Rule 3.10A of the Listing Rules and Code Provision A.5.1 of the Corporate Governance Code.