Merafe Resources Limited announced that Mr. Jeffery Mclaughlan has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Merafe board of directors with effect from 1 May 2019. Mr. Mclaughlan holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and Finance from the Open University, an Advanced Professional Management Programme from the University of South Africa (Unisa) and a National Diploma in Electrical and Instrumentation. He has more than 38 years' experience in the South African mining sector including various roles at Middelburg Steel and Alloys Proprietary Limited, Consolidated Metallurgical Industries Limited, Xstrata South Africa Proprietary Limited and Glencore Operations South Africa Proprietary Limited. Mr. Mclaughlan served two terms as President of the International Chrome Development Association and stood down in June 2017.