Bathurst Resources Limited announced the appointment of Richard Tacon as Executive Director to the Board. It is envisaged that Richard will fill this role on an interim basis while the company conducts a search for a permanent non-executive director following the resignation of previous Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Hamish Bohannan. Richard was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer on 24 March.

He was previously Bathurst's Chief Operating Officer. The appointment will take effect from April 01, 2015.