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8 December 2015
CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC
("CAML" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM: CAML), a copper producing company, is pleased to announce that Roger Davey has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and Chairman of its Corporate Social Responsibility Committee with immediate effect.
Mr Davey, a Chartered Mining Engineer, has over thirty five years' experience in the international mining industry. He is also a non-executive director of a number of other companies in the mining sector quoted on AIM, namely Atalaya Mining plc, Orosur Mining Inc and Condor Gold plc.
Until 2010, Mr Davey was Senior Mining Engineer at N M Rothschild in the Mining and Metals Project Finance Team. Previously, he held senior management and director level roles in mining companies in South America and Africa as well as the UK, covering the financing, development and operation of underground and surface mining operations.
Save as set out in the Appendix to this announcement, there are no additional disclosures required under Rule 17 and Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Nigel Hurst-Brown, Chairman of CAML, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Roger Davey to the Board. He brings with him a wealth of mining sector experience which we believe will add great value to the Board."
For further information please contact:
Central Asia Metals plc |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 9001 |
Nick Clarke, CEO Nigel Robinson, CFO |
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Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
Matthew Armitt Ross Allister |
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Mirabaud Securities LLP (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7878 3362 |
Peter Krens |
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Bell Pottinger | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3772 2500 |
Lorna Cobbett |
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Note to editors:
Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper facility in Kazakhstan. The Company also has a 75% equity interest in Copper Bay Ltd, which is a private company conducting a feasibility study of the Chañaral Bay Copper Project in Chile. At the 2014 UK Stock Market Awards, CAML was named Best Basic Resources Plc. For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com.
Appendix - AIM Rule Schedule 2(g) disclosures
Roger Owen Davey's (aged 70) directorships in the last five years are as follows:
Company | Role/Position | Date from | Date to |
Current: |
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Orosur Mining Inc
Atalaya Mining plc (formerly EMED) | Non-Executive Director ("NED")
NED
| August 2007
April 2010 | Present
Present |
Condor Gold plc
Piazza Barnaloft Management Ltd.
| NED
Director | December 2011
April 2012 | Present
Present |
Previous:
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GoldQuest Mining Corp
Master Drilling Group Ltd | NED
NED
| June 2004
October 2012 | December 2011
June 2014 |
Martwick Limited
Alexander Mining plc | Director
NED
| December 2013
August 2006 | November 2015
May 2015 |