Trans Hex shareholders announced that Mr. Athol Rhoda has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Human Resources and Social & Ethics Committee with effect from 8 May 2017. Mr. Rhoda is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) SA with considerable experience in financial services and the mining industry. He has previously served in various senior positions in multinationals, including De Beers, AngloGold and the Standard Bank Group. Messrs Marco Wentzel, Piet Viljoen and Quinton George, who are non-executive directors of the Company, have been appointed as members of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Human Resources and Social & Ethics Committee with effect from 8 May 2017.