16 Dec 2014 07:00
Cluff Natural Resources Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: CLNR / Sector: Natural Resources
16 December 2014
Cluff Natural Resources Plc ('CLNR' or 'the Company')
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Cluff Natural Resources Plc, the natural resources investing company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Nunn as the Company's Chief Operating Officer.
Andrew joined the Company in May 2014 as Senior Project Manager and has been promoted to the Board with immediate effect. Prior to joining CLNR, Andrew was Exploration Manager of Dart Energy Limited ('Dart'), where he was responsible for planning and execution of coal bed methane, shale gas and tight oil and gas assets across Europe. Andrew is a Chartered Geologist.
Algy Cluff, Chairman and Chief Executive of Cluff Natural Resources, commented, "I am delighted to welcome Andrew Nunn to the Board of the Company. Since joining the Company earlier this year Andrew has made an immediate and major impact on the development of the Company. This promotion is a reflection of the contribution Andrew has already made to our recent progress and the importance of his ongoing role, in particular as we continue to develop our offshore UCG licences in the UK."
Andrew James Nunn (age 40) holds options over 3,000,000 ordinary shares representing
1.94 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
There is no further information on Mr Nunn required to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies
**ENDS**
For further information please visit www.cluffnaturalresources.com or contact the following:
Cluff Natural Resources Plc Tel: +44 (0)20 7887 2630
Algy Cluff / Graham Swindells / Andrew Nunn
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
Dominic Morley / Adam James (Corporate Finance)
Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking)
Allenby Capital Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
Chris Crawford / Katrina Perez (Corporate Broking)
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
Felicity Winkles / Lottie Brocklehurst (Financial PR)
Charlotte Street Partners Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 131 516 5310
Chris Deerin
NOTES FOR EDITORS
Cluff Natural Resources currently has 100% working interest in eight Deep Underground Coal Gasification ('UCG') Licences in the UK covering a total of 613 km².
In addition, it has been granted five promote licences covering a total of eleven blocks in an emerging gas province of the Southern North Sea by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ('DECC') for conventional gas exploration.
It is the Company's long-term strategy to deliver conventional gas to the UK as well as a determination to safely and cleanly convert offshore coal to gas using UCG technology.