Lucara Diamond Corp. announced that effective Feb. 25, 2018, William Lamb will be retiring as Lucara's Chief Executive Officer and stepping down from the Board of Directors.

Eira Thomas, a founder and director of the company will be assuming the role of CEO. In addition, Catherine McLeod Seltzer, also a Lucara Co-Founder, will be joining the Board of Directors. Also announced that William has agreed to remain closely associated with the company in an ongoing role as a technical advisor.

Assuming the role of CEO, Eira brings more than 25 years experience in the mining industry, including 16 years with Aber Diamond Corporation, where she served in ever increasing roles from initial discovery as a geologist to Vice President Exploration and ultimately a Director of the Board. She was co-founder of Stornoway Diamond Corp., serving first as CEO and then as Executive Chairman. Eira most recently served as CEO of Kaminak Gold Corporation.

Eira is also a Director of Suncor Energy. Catherine McLeod-Seltzer has been directly involved in more than $4 billion in corporate transactions in the past 25 years and has been instrumental in helping build a number of successful mineral companies, including, Arequipa Resources, Francisco Gold, Miramar Mining, Bear Creek Mining, Stornoway Diamonds and Peru Copper Inc.