The board of directors of ViaGold Capital Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Changyuan Liao as Chairman and Ms. Jingcui Hong as Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 30th September 2019. Mr. Changyuan Liao, born in 1965, has been executive director for the Company since October 2017. He is one of the co-founders and chairman of the Administrative Committee of Ling Ge Art Foundation established in Macao, China. He also is vice-chairman of Maoming Jingshen Mining Company Limited. He had served in the People's Bank of China, Zhuhai branch and had been the legal representative and general manager of Urban Credit Cooperatives of Doumen District, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China and chairman of Shenzhen Xingbang Investment Co., Limited. Mr. Liao has over 20 years of business management experience in the finance sector and 10 years in the rare earth sector. Mr. Liao holds an MBA from Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada.