EDL.L Regulatory News (EDL)

24 August 2016

EDENVILLE ENERGY PLC

("Edenville" or the "Company")

Appointment of Chairman

Edenville Energy plc (AIM: EDL) the company developing a coal to power project in south western Tanzania, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Malaihollo as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company from 1 September 2016.

Dr Jeffrey Francis Anthony Malaihollo, aged 50, is a geologist with over 22 years of technical, management and entrepreneurial experience in the mining sector. Jeff is currently Managing Director of ASX-listed Arc Exploration and a director of TSX-V listed Copper Lake Resources and of private companies Equator Gold and Sarinah Resources. Jeff also has experience as an investment banking mining analyst, as well as having worked as a geologist for several mining companies including Rio Tinto and Newcrest Mining. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM) and the Geological Society of London (FGS).

Rufus Short, CEO of Edenville Energy plc, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Jeff to the Board of Edenville. Jeff brings significant corporate and mining experience and we look forward to his assistance and guidance through the next stage of Edenville's development."

Further information on Jeffrey Malaihollo:

Dr. Jeffrey Malaihollo is or was a director of the following companies during the last five years:

Dr. Malaihollo is not currently beneficially interested in the issued share capital of the Company.

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.

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