Resources Prima Group Limited announced that Russell Joseph Kelly has resigned as an Independent Director, Chairman of the Nominating Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Management and Remuneration Committees. Mr. Kelly has resigned due to his recent return to the United Kingdom for the pursuit of personal interests. SAC Capital Private Limited, after having interviewed Mr. Kelly, is satisfied that other than as disclosed in the announcement, there are no other material reasons for the resignation of Mr. Kelly. Mr. Low Yew Shen has been re-designated from Non-Executive Director to Independent Director of the Group with effect from 31 December 2017 and shall be appointed as Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee as well as the Remuneration Committee. Mr. Low was previously determined as non-independent due to his position as a partner in Elitaire Law LLP which was paid a significant amount of fees for legal services provided to the target company inrelation to the reverse take-over of the company in 2014. Since Mr. Low's appointment as Non-Executive Director of the company from 12 November 2014 following the completion of the reverse take-over, the Group continues to receive on an ad-hoc basis, certain professional services from firms which Mr. Low is a partner of. However, the amounts paid to such firms have been minimal and less than SGD 100,000 in each financial year.