Canyon Resources Limited has appointed Mr. Rick Smith as Director General of Canyon's wholly owned Cameroon subsidiary Camalco Cameroon SA (Camalco). Mr. Smith has been working with Canyon since March 2020 as Chief Development Officer and has agreed to accept the role of DG of Camalco and base himself in Cameroon for the crucial periods of the end of the feasibility studies and the commencement of construction of the Project. Mr. Smith was previously a senior executive, within Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), who successfully commissioned the USD 1.4 billion CAPEX, GAC Project. The bauxite mine is located in Tinguilinta, Guinea and is West Africa's newest bauxite mine that will export 12 million tonnes per annum through its Kamsar bauxite port facilities which were commissioned in Third Quarter 2019. Mr. Smith has more than 35 years' experience in a variety of international locations relating to new markets, business development, exploration, feasibility studies and construction in bauxite and alumina projects. Mr. Smith started with the GAC Project in 2013 as General Manager of Operations and Projects when the project was at a similar stage of development as Canyon's Minim Martap Project in Cameroon. He oversaw the development of the project from its early stages, through to commissioning, including negotiations for rail and other infrastructure agreements with the Guinea Government. He remained a senior executive during the construction and commissioning of the project.