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Board Appointments
Board Appointments.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Board AppointmentsGoldplat plc/ Ticker: GDP/ Index: AIM/ Sector: Mining & Exploration1 June 2017Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')Board AppointmentsGoldplat plc, the AIM listed gold producer, is pleased to announce the Board appointments of Sango Ntsaluba as Non-Executive Director and Werner Klingenberg as Finance Director, both with immediate effect. Mr. Ntsaluba is Chairman of Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Ltd and is a pre-eminent name in the accountancy and auditing profession in South Africa. Having previously held the position of Goldplat's Group Financial Manager, Mr. Klingenberg has a solid knowledge and understanding of the Company's gold recovery and mining operations. He takes over as Goldplat's Finance Director from Ian Visagie who remains on the Board as an Executive Director, in which role the Board can continue to draw upon his extensive experience as a founder of Goldplat, Finance Director and previous acting CEO. Together they will be critical in supporting the continued growth of Goldplat as it looks to build its productivity and profitability. This growth is mainly being driven through the international expansion of the Company's gold recovery operations in South Africa and Ghana and the construction of a new processing facility to increase capacity at its gold mine in Kenya.Mr. Ntsaluba is the executive chairman and co-founder of NMT Capital, a diversified investment holding group. He has built an illustrious career within South Africa, spanning over 30 years. This includes successfully founding Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo, one of South Africa's 'Big 5' accounting firms. Alongside a distinguished auditing career, Mr Ntsaluba has extensive corporate experience in areas that include logistics and the automotive industry. He currently serves as an independent board member of Barloworld Limited, a leading global industrial company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (\"JSE\"), with responsibility for chairing the group's audit committee. He also serves on the boards of Pioneer Foods, a producer and distributor of a range of branded food and beverage products, as well as Basil Read Holdings Limited, a diversified construction company. Both of these companies are also listed on the JSE. Mr. Ntsaluba is the Chairman of the board of Goldplat's subsidiary, Goldplat Recovery (Pty) ...