Centaurus Metals Limited announced a series of new senior appointments to lead the company's nickel exploration and development strategy centred on the recently-acquired Jaguar Nickel Sulphide Project in northern Brazil. Experienced senior executive John Westdorp has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will also transition to the role of Company Secretary when Paul Bridson steps down in early 2020. Mr. Westdorp was previously CFO and Company Secretary of Centaurus between 2012 and 2015, and has since held the role of CFO and Interim Chief Executive Officer of mineral sands producer, MZI Resources Ltd. Mr. Westdorp has a strong depth of experience in the resource sector, stretching across 25 years, with previous senior finance roles with Murchison Metals, Burrup Fertilisers, Normandy Mining/Newmont and multiple North Limited operating entities in Australia and overseas.

Mr. Westdorp has deep experience in project financing, development and operations, as well as commercial transactions, including significant international experience. Roger Fitzhardinge has been appointed as Operations Manager-Nickel. Mr. Fitzhardinge is a geologist with 20 years' experience in the exploration and mining industry, including almost 10 years with Centaurus, where he was originally appointed as Senior Geologist and subsequently as Exploration Manager.

Mr. Fitzhardinge has extensive nickel sulphide experience in Brazil, having previously worked on the exploration, implementation and operation of Mirabela Nickel's Santa Rita nickel sulphide mine. Mr. Fitzhardinge has worked in Brazil since 2005 and is bi-lingual in Portuguese and English. John Knoblauch has been engaged as Principal Metallurgist.

Mr. Knoblauch has considerable experience in the management of metallurgical test work programs and process flow sheet development, including most recently almost 10 years with mid-tier copper producer Sandfire Resources, where he held the roles of Senior Project/Process Engineer and subsequently Principal Metallurgist. Grant Rocky Osborne has been engaged as Principal Geoscientist. Mr. Osborne is a highly respected mining professional with over 40 years' experience in international mineral exploration and underground mining, with particular expertise in nickel and gold.

While working for BP Minerals in Australia and Brazil in the 1980s, he was responsible for the discovery of the Rocky's Reward nickel mine (WA).