Focus Minerals Ltd. announced that Focus' Non- Executive Chairman, Mr. Jisheng Lu, has announced his resignation from the Board effective January 12, 2016. Mr. Lu's departure from the Focus Board is a result of his transfer to a different department within the Shandong Gold Group. Replacing Mr. Lu as Non-Executive Chairman will be Dianfei Pei.

Mr. Pei is a mining engineer with almost 30 years' experience and has held several senior technical and management positions within the Shandong Gold Group.