Equinox Resources (EQN) has appointed Zekai Komur as its Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), with immediate effect. With over 23 years in the resources sector, Zac is a seasoned leader who has held senior management roles in companies such as BHP, INPEX, Fortescue, and Northvolt. His expertise spans development, project delivery, valuations, mining, and mineral processing operations across a range of commodities, including iron ore, nickel, cobalt, and lithium.

Zac's curiosity led him to specialised fields like battery cathode active materials manufacturing, where he played a pivotal role in the commissioning and start-up of Europe's first Gigafactory at Northvolt in Sweden. Mr. Komur's most recent experience includes serving as the Head of Commercialisation at Fortescue. There, he orchestrated the successful delivery of robust business plans for zero-emission products and crafted strategic joint venture partnership options for solar, wind, and BESS solutions, including capital raising.

His understanding of iron ore and lithium mining, processing, marketing, and downstream conversion offers a broad array of capabilities to the Company. Zac holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, a Bachelor of Chemistry, a Master of Business Administration, and is a member of the Institute of Company Directors in Australia. Equinox announced that Mr. Gower has resigned from his position as CEO to pursue other opportunities.

Zac is a highly accomplished industry professional and executive leader with extensive development, analytical and management experience gained over a long career with some of the country's larger companies. His commercial acumen will add significant depth to team as the company progress to unlock the potential of world class Hamersley Iron project and Canadian lithium exploration assets.