The Board of Volt Resources Limited announced that Mr. Trevor Matthews has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will take up the position effective from 1 January 2017. Reporting to the Board, Mr. Matthews will assume full management responsibility for Volt Resources strategic direction and operations. His mandate is to leverage his skill-set to fast track the Namangale project into production, which will transform Volt Resources into a leading global natural graphite supplier.

As part of this management transition, incumbent Executive Chairman Stephen Hunt will become Non-Executive Chairman effective January 1 2017 and remain responsible for global marketing and sales. Mr. Matthews has an accounting and finance background with over 25 years experience in the resources industry including roles with North and WMC Resources in executive-level positions. More recently, his last two roles were as MD for MZI Resources (2012-16) and Murchison Metals (2005-11).