Adriatic Metals PLC announced the appointment of experienced mining executive, Mike Norris, as the company´s Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), with immediate effect. Mr. Norris is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of commercial and operational experience in the mining industry. Mr. Norris was most recently CFO at ASX-listed Highfield Resources, based in Spain.

Prior to that, he was Finance Director for London-listed, African gold producer Avocet Mining PLC, where he oversaw the construction and commissioning of the Inata mine. He has also held the positions of Head of Business Performance at Anglo American and CFO of Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Co., an underground silver-zinc mine, when it was then owned by Rio Tinto. Mr. Eyre will stand down after a short transition period.

Mr. Norris will be based out of the Company's UK office.