Malachite Resources Limited announced that the appointment of Mr. Robert Thomson as an independent non-executive director of the company. Rob is a Mining Engineer with extensive experience (gold and base metals) in site operations, the development of exploration projects into sustainable mining operations and businesses in Asia, Africa and Australia. Rob is currently a non-executive Director of Theta Gold Mines where until recently as Managing Director he worked with the Board to implement a restart strategy for the South African TGME gold operations with the company growing to a market capitalization in excess of $100 million.