Western Areas Ltd. announced that founding shareholder and non-executive Chairman Mr. Terry Streeter has elected to pull back from his commitments to Western Areas and will be standing down from the Board at the conclusion of the company's annual general meeting. The Board has unanimously elected Mr. Ian Macliver as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman. Mr. Macliver has been a non-executive director of Western Areas since 2011 and was appointed lead independent non-executive director in 2013.