EastCoal Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. D Forer as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Forer has extensive financial reporting, transactional and restructuring experience across several industries and has been serving as the company's Group Financial Controller since October 2012. The company's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. H Dietrichsen, will, in addition to his roles as Chief Executive Officer and Director, also assume the role of President of the company.

The company's current President and Acting Chief Financial Officer, Mr. A Jonker, will become a Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit Committee of the company. These changes are effective immediately.