Southern Gold Limited announced that it's Board will be augmented through the appointment of Mr. John Rock as a Non-Executive Director, effective 24 July 2023. Mr. Rock brings extensive leadership, entrepreneurial and commercialisation experience to the SAU Board and has been directly involved with the IDT business since its inception. Mr. Rock joins with experience in the startup and commercialisation sector.

He is a Co-founder and Director of OTB Ventures, a company with the specific mandate of finding, nurturing, and commercialising early stage University technologies. OTB engages with Family Offices and High nett wealth individuals to provide exposure to early-stage opportunities. In this role, he is responsible for sourcing and evaluating research and its potential commercial outcomes.

With a background in Business, Mr. Rock's ability to manage timeframes and successful outcomes, with a keen sense of stakeholder engagement will be well utilised. A broad skill base coupling management, strategy implementation and culture, Mr. Rock will assist SAU with an outcome based approach to projects.