Asara Resources Elevates CEO Matthew Sharples to Managing Director as Kada Exploration Accelerates

Golden Rim Resources Ltd ( (AU:AS1) ) has provided an update.

West African gold explorer Asara Resources Limited has appointed its Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Sharples, to the Board as Managing Director and CEO, effective 1 May 2026. The board highlighted Sharples’ role in restarting and advancing exploration at the Kada gold project in Guinea and expanding the company’s footprint in the country.

The move underscores Asara’s emphasis on strong executive leadership as it accelerates its exploration strategy at its flagship Kada project, viewed as pivotal to its next phase of growth. There is no change to Sharples’ remuneration arrangements following the appointment, signalling a focus on continuity while the company advances its resource growth plans and portfolio rationalisation in Guinea and Chile.

More about Golden Rim Resources Ltd

Asara Resources Limited is an ASX-listed mineral exploration company focused on advanced projects in Guinea, West Africa, and Chile, South America. Its flagship asset is the Kada Gold Project in eastern Guinea, where it currently holds 51% and is working toward 75% ownership by funding a Definitive Feasibility Study, alongside a Mineral Resource Estimate of 30.3Mt at 1.0g/t gold for 923,000 ounces. The company also owns the Paguanta copper and silver–lead–zinc project in northern Chile, which it aims to divest to concentrate on Kada, and it has entered a US$17 million option and joint venture agreement with Teck Resources Chile Limitada over the nearby Loreto copper project.

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