These five areas have generated areas of potential mineralisation requiring field inspection and infill soil sampling. Director resignation AVZ has also received the resignation of Hongliang Chen as a non-executive director. Mr Chen, a nominee of the Huayou Cobalt Group, was appointed to the board following the completion of a $13 million placement in August 2017 which provided early support to the Manono project. AVZ chairman John Clarke said: "On behalf of the board, I thank Mr Chen and the Huayou Cobalt Group for their contribution to the company since their involvement in 2017.