Berkeley Energia Limited announced Mr. Nigel Jones has been appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director of the company, effective 7 June 2017. Mr. Jones has thirty years' experience in the international mining sector. He has considerable corporate development and marketing expertise, including being responsible for the negotiation of key uranium supply agreements for Rio Tinto. Mr. Jones spent two decades at Rio Tinto, where ultimately he held the position of Global Head of Business Development and prior to that Managing Director of Rio Tinto Marine, Head of Investor Relations and Marketing Director, Uranium. Mr. Jones was recently appointed as Head of Private Side Capital Markets at ICBC Standard Bank. Mr. Jones will replace Dr. Jim Ross, who is on 7 June 2017 retiring from the Board after over twelve years of service.