Ardea Resources Limited announced that Mr. Brett Clark has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO to drive the Company's transition from explorer to operator through its Goongarrie Nickel-Cobalt Project. Current managing director Dr. Matt Painter, having successfully delivered the Goongarrie Pre-Feasibility Study, will move to a newly- created role and focus on developing Ardea's gold assets. More recently as a board member of a battery minerals company Mr. Clark has been at the forefront of battery metals and minerals strategic supply development, achieving preferred supplier status with two major North American automotive manufacturers and suppliers.

Dr. Painter, the founding Managing Director of Ardea, has stepped down from the board and taken the role of General Manager Gold with the key aim of advancing the Company's gold and other non-KNP assets.