ISR Capital Limited announced that it has appointed Mr. Chen Tong, a mining and resources sector expert, as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. With over 29 years' experience in metallurgical mining and investments, Mr. Chen, has been involved in developing mineral resources assets and businesses in China, Australia, Canada, South Africa and the ASEAN region over the last ten years, with corporations such as Minmetals, Chinalco, Winsway and Sumitomo. Mr. Chen was initially appointed to the Board as a non-independent, non-executive director in October 2016. Mr. Chen's re-designation as executive chairman comes on the back of the commencement of bulk sampling activities at the Madagascar site prior to initiating pilot production.