Focus Minerals Ltd. announced that Wanghong Yang has notified the board of his intention to resign as Director, Interim CEO and General Manager Finance of Focus for personal reasons. His resignation is effective November 17, 2017. He will remain with the company until the of December 31, 2017 to ensure a smooth transition to his successor.

Focus' board has been succession planning for some time as a matter of course. As such, it has determined that Mr. Zhaoya Wang will replace Mr. Yang as Director immediately and as CEO once he is granted work rights in Australia. Mr. Wang is a mining engineer who began his career at Shandong Gold in 1994.

Until Mr. Wang assumes the role of CEO, Michael Guo will report directly to the Board on matters of exploration and resource development, Zaiqian Zhang, Senior Accountant, will report directly to the Board on Finance and Human Resources matters, and Dane Etheridge will report directly to the board on other business.