DRA Global Limited announced the appointment of Ms Lindiwe Mthimunye and Mr. Valentine (Val) Coetzee as Non-Executive Directors of the Company, both with commencement dates of 25 October 2023. Ms Mthimunye will also serve as the Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and Mr. Coetzee will chair the Board's Major Projects Approval Committee. Jonathan Velloza has tendered his resignation as a director, effective immediately.

Ms Mthimunye is an experienced company director who serves on the boards of various listed and unlisted companies in South Africa. Mr. Coetzee is a well respected leader in the mining and mineral services industries, and has a long association with the Company having previously served in a number of senior management positions over 15 years. Mthimunye is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has extensive governance, finance and business experience, having worked in investment banking and also as chief financial officer in the Oil & Gas industry.

She previously served on the boards of various listed and unlisted companies including; Woolworths, Group 5, Torre, Sea Harvest, PetroSA, Hyundai Automotive South Africa and Liquid Capital. Val holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and a Master of Engineering: Mining (Mineral Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He worked at Impala Platinum and De Beers Consolidated as a metallurgist and technical manager tasked with overseeing new greenfield projects.

Until recently Val was DRA's Senior Vice President of Process Engineering and has played a vital role in the global expansion of the Group during his 15 years with the Company.