East Star Resources Plc announced that Chris van Wijk, who joined East Star's board as a non-executive director last month, has agreed to become Technical Director. Mr. van Wijk's extensive geological expertise, including a role as the Principal Geologist, Business Development and Exploration of Fortescue Metals Group with a focus on copper and gold porphyries in South America. Prior to this, van Wijk was the Principal Geologist in charge of sediment-hosted copper exploration for First Quantum Minerals where he developed the targeting strategy for this style of deposit and led a highly skilled team responsible for evaluating sediment-hosted copper projects in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Australia.