Marenica Energy Ltd. has appointed John Sestan to the Board as Executive Director. John Sestan has been working with Marenica in a commercial consulting role since April, 2014. In a professional career spanning over 25 years, John was involved in a variety of commercial and finance roles in the resources industry. During the last ten years he has consulted to a number of major Uranium companies including Rio Tinto and Areva, focusing on business development activities through corporate transactions and Joint Ventures. The company also announced the appointment of Dr. John Farrow as Chairman of Marenica's Technical Steering Committee (TSC). John has been a member of the TSC since its inception in 2012 and is well placed to take over from the current Chairman, Gavin Becker. John has over 30 years of experience in applied Research and Development related to mineral processing. Through various senior research and operational management roles at CSIRO, John has worked collaboratively with technical groups drawn from many Australian and international companies, as well as with a broad range of researchers from Australian and international universities. Gavin Becker has stepped down as TSC Chairman due to growing commitments in his other business interests, but will remain an active member of the TSC. Both will continue their enthusiastic and valuable contribution to the development and commercialisation of U-pgrade.