Xtract Resources Plc (XTR.L) Mr Alastair Ford as a Non-executive Director - Podcast

The Board of Xtract Resources Plc ("Xtract" or the "Company") announced on the 23rd July the appointment of Mr Alastair Ford as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Colin Bird, Executive Chairman said "I am very pleased to welcome Alastair to the Board of Xtract Resources Plc. Alastair has a wide experience of the resource industry from a journalistic and conference management prospective. In gaining that experience, Alastair has met many company officers and reviewed projects from all world. His all-round general resource experience will be an asset to the Company and will provide a balanced view on our activities both current and proposed."

Alastair Ford has spent most of his career as a mining specialist.  He began his career as a journalist on the Investors' Chronicle where he was the mining correspondent and was subsequently editor of Minesite.com until 2013.  From 2010-2011 Mr Ford served as a non-executive director at Mineral & Financial Investments PLC (formerly known as Hameldon Resources Limited). Mr Ford re-joined Mineral & Financial Investments PLC in July 2012, as Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director, a position he held until 2017. Mr Ford is currently a Mining Affairs Consultant for ProactiveInvestors.com, and a non-executive director at Great Western Mining Corporation PLC.