Sunrise Res Regulatory News (SRES)

31 May 2012

SUNRISE RESOURCES PLC

("Sunrise" or "the Company")

DIRECTORATE CHANGES

Sunrise, the diversified mineral exploration and development specialist is pleased to announce the appointment of David Swan to the Board as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 31 May 2012.

Mr. Swan will replace Mr. Neil Herbert on the Board who is resigning as a non-executive director with effect from 31 May 2012. Mr. Herbert has served as a non-executive director of the Company for seven years and is resigning to concentrate on his executive responsibilities with Polo Resources Ltd.

Mr. Swan is a Chartered Accountant with a career focus in the retail and natural resource industries. He joined Arthur Andersen after graduating in 1977, and from 1991-1996 acted as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Finance Director for a number of ASX listed mining companies. He returned to the accounting profession in 1996 as Group Leader of the Mining and Resource Group at Ernst & Young in Sydney. After relocating to the UK in 2001 he continued his involvement in the natural resources industry including a position as CFO of Oriel Resources plc undertaking the IPO, TSX listing and reverse take-over of a major smelting business. He has also held various other non-executive directorships, the most recent of which are disclosed below.

Commenting on today's announcement, Patrick Cheetham, Executive Chairman, said: "We are sorry to be losing Neil as a non-executive director but in David we can welcome a new non-executive director with a similar commercial and audit background that makes him ideally suited to replace Neil as Chairman of the Audit Committee. On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Neil for his significant contribution to the Company since its listing on AIM and wish him well with his other interests."

For further information:

Sunrise Resources plc Tel: +44 (0) 845 868 4590

Patrick Cheetham, Executive Chairman

www.sunriseresourcesplc.com

Northland Capital Partners Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 7796 8800

Gavin Burnell / Rod Venables

Alice Lane /John-Henry Wicks (Broking)

Yellow Jersey PR Limited Tel: +44 (0)7768 537 739

Dominic Barretto

Additional Information

In accordance with the AIM Rules, further information in relation to David Swan, which is required to be disclosed, is set out below. Save for the information disclosed, there is no other information falling to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to David Swan.

Full Name and Age: David John Swan (aged 57).

Nationality: Australian

Interest in the Company's Shares: At the date of this announcement, David Swan has no interest in the ordinary shares of 0.1p each in Sunrise Resources plc.

Directorships and Partnerships: David Swan has held the following directorships or partnerships within the last five years. 

Current :

None

Previous:

Everfor Resources plc (formerly Everfor Diamonds plc - resigned May 2008).

Lubel Coal Company (UK) Ltd (resigned June 2011)

Lubel Coal Company Ltd (BVI registered - resigned June 2011)

Note to Editors:

Sunrise Resources plc ('SRES') is a diversified mineral exploration and development specialist. 

The Company's objective is to develop profitable mining operations to sustain the Company's wider exploration efforts and create value for shareholders through the discovery of world-class deposits. 

The Company is evaluating a product opportunity for white barite in south-west Ireland and diamond exploration interests in Finland and Western Australia.

Shares in the Company trade on AIM under the symbol "SRES".

For further information: www.sunriseresourcesplc.com