Covia Holdings Corporation announced that Richard Navarre, Covia's Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Navarre succeeds Jenniffer Deckard who has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors following the Board's decision to take a different leadership direction. Jenniffer will serve as a consultant to the Company for an interim period in order to help ensure a smooth transition.

The Covia Board has engaged a leading national search firm to conduct the search process to identify a permanent CEO. Mr. Navarre has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Audit Committee of Covia since June 2018. He has more than 35 years of diverse international business and finance experience, having previously served as the President and Chief Commercial Officer of Peabody Energy Corporation from February 2008 until his retirement in June 2012.

Mr. Navarre is currently an independent director, member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Conflicts Committee for Natural Resource Partners LP. He is also an independent director and Chairman of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating & Governance Committees for Arch Coal. Additionally, Mr. Navarre is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Civeo Corporation.