Ecora Resources PLC announced the appointment of Christine Coignard as an independent non-executive director of the Company, effective from 1 January 2023. Christine will also serve on the Company's remuneration and sustainability committees. Christine has over 30 years' experience in the finance and mining sectors.

Christine is Founder and Managing Director of Coignard & Haas GmbH, a corporate finance advisory firm specialising on emerging markets and on a range of commodities including copper, iron ore, PGMs and rare earths. She has also worked as Managing Director of HCF International Advisers, a leading independent strategic and corporate finance adviser to the metals and mining sector. Prior to that Christine was Head of Investment, Strategy and Corporate Finance at Norilsk Nickel PJSC following several years of serving in various risk, project finance and corporate finance roles in global banks.

Christine is currently a non-executive director of Eramet SA where she is a member of both the strategy and sustainability, and the audit, risk and ethics committees. In addition, Christine is also currently an independent non-executive director of Rigel Resources Acquisition Corp. Between 2014 and 2020 Christine was an independent non-executive director of Polymetal International Plc, serving as a member of the audit & risk committee, the nomination committee and the remuneration committee throughout this period, chairing the remuneration committee from 2015 to 2020.

Christine also served as senior independent director between 2014 and 2018.