Atrum Coal Ltd. announce the election of an industry veteran, Mr. Richard Barker, to its board of directors on 4 February 2019. Mr. Barker's appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Barker is currently the Managing Director of Mosaic Capital Pty Ltd, a corporate finance company, a non-executive director and founding director of Batchfire Resources Pty Ltd, which owns and operates a 12Mtpa thermal coal mining operation in Queensland, Australia, a non-executive director and founding director of Australian Future Energy Pty Ltd, an emerging Queensland-based clean coal technology (above ground coal gasification) company, and a non-executive director of Cape River Resources Pty Ltd, which owns a thermal coal project in northern Queensland.