West Wits Mining Limited announce the Board restructure and appointment of experienced mining executive, Jac van Heerden, to the WWI Board as Managing Director on and from the April 16, 2020. Jac accepts the appointment after 16-months as West Wits MLI's CEO during which time he has refocused the Company's operation on underground mine development, providing heightened direction and oversight of 3rd-party consultants. Peter O'Malley has agreed to join the Board following his introduction of Wingfield Capital Partners which recently invested USD 1 million in the Company. O'Mal ey has extensive experience advising companies and investors alike including M&, debt/equity transactions, and capital optimization strategies in multiple jurisdictions having resided in New York, Johannesburg, and Hong Kong. Peter moved to Johannesburg in 1994 to as ist in the first elections in South
Africa post-apartheid. He spent over 3-years working in Johannesburg in the 1990's, providing him a deeper understanding South frica's operational environment where WWI's marque project is located. Niel Pretorius, DRD Gold Ltd. (DRD) CEO, has elected to resign as Non-Executive Director of the WWI Board to focus on his increasing workload after Tier-1 miner Sibanye Stil water Ltd. ("Sibanye") taking of a controlling stake in DRDGOLD. Mr. Pretorius joined WWI's Board in 2007, representing WWI's major shareholder DRD which is South frica's largest gold-tailings proces er. Niel has provided invaluable support to the Company as it has grown its' JORC Resource to 3.65Moz2 u and navigated South frica's mining license processes. Further to the Board restructure, Mr. Phillip Hains has resigned as Joint Company Secretary of the Company. Mr. Simon Whyte will continue as sole Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.