AECI LIMITED announced that Mr. Sam Coetzer will join the Board as Non-executive Director with effect from 1 July 2022. He will also serve as a member of the following Board committees: the Investment, Innovation and Technology Committee; and the Safety, Health and Environment Committee. Sam Coetzer is a global mining executive with over 30 years of international experience, operating in Canada, the USA, South America, Australia, Tanzania, Fiji and South Africa. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and has most recently served on the Board of Harte Gold Corp.

Prior to that, Sam spent over eight years with Golden Star Resources as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director where he successfully transformed the company from open-pit operations to an underground-only producer, attracted institutional capital and grew the capital markets profile, increasing the overall share trading volume. He has held numerous senior leadership positions at international companies and brings with him extensive global knowledge of underground and open-pit operations.