Star Diamond Corporation announced the appointment of Mr. Larry Phillips to the Board of Directors of Star Diamond. Mr. Phillips, a lawyer and a co-founder of IAMGOLD Corp. in 1990, was responsible for directing and managing all international investments, joint ventures and government relationships, helping build IAMGOLD into one of the large gold mining companies in the world.

He has been a member or advisor to numerous boards of directors, and served in senior executive positions with IAMGOLD, Niagara Ventures Corporation and Euro Ressources SA. He has been Director of Compass Gold Corporation since 2012 and President and Chief Executive Officer since 2017.