Jacka Resources Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Neil Fearis as a Non-Executive Director of the company. Mr. Fearis is a corporate and commercial lawyer in Western Australia specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and corporate reconstructions, with a particular focus on the mining and resources sector. He has been in practice for more than 35 years and worked as a commercial lawyer in London, Sydney and Perth. He provides corporate and commercial legal advice to public company clients and has advised on some of the corporate transactions ever undertaken in Australia. As previously advised, Jacka's Managing Director Mr. Bob Cassie had tendered his resignation effective October 1, 2014. With the appointment of Mr. Fearis to the Board, Mr. Cassie has stepped down. Mr. Cassie has agreed to continue to work with Jacka on a consultancy basis as the company moves forward with its portfolio of African exploration, appraisal and development assets, most notably the Aje Field (OML113, offshore Nigeria) where the joint venture is preparing to make the Final Investment Decision for the field development.