Strategic Energy Resources Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Harvey Kaplan as a Non-Executive Director to the Board, effective 10 October 2017. Mr. Kaplan has spent the last 15 years at Macquarie Bank as an Associate Director in the Private Wealth Division where he has assisted in numerous corporate transactions and capital raisings involving listed companies. Mr. Kaplan is a qualified lawyer and has worked as a corporate solicitor for both Phillips Fox and Mallesons Stephen Jacques. Non-Executive Director Mr. Peter Armitage has resigned from the Board effective 10 October 2017. Mr. Armitage will continue to represent the company's interests with respect to Ionic Industries Limited and Quantum Graphite Limited. The Board is also announced that Mr. Stuart Rechner will assume the role of Executive Chairman, effective 10 October 2017.