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02 July 2014
Hummingbird Resources plc
("Hummingbird" or the "Company") (AIM: HUM)
Appointment of Yanfolila Project Team
Following the completion of the acquisition of Gold Fields' Malian assets, Hummingbird is pleased to announce the appointment of the Yanfolila Project Development Team headed by Charles Graham.
Charles is a Mechanical Engineer with 15 years' experience in mining projects and played a significant role in the development of the Dikulushi (Phase I) and Ruashi Etoile (Phase I) copper projects in D.R.C, Afrikander Lease CIL gold and Smokey Hills platinum projects in South Africa, together with the Loulo and Syama gold projects in Mali.
Most recently he has been project director on a number of projects for Gold Fields. Charles has led the technical studies on the Yanfolila Project for over two years which has included most latterly the de-risking study.
Dan Betts, CEO of Hummingbird said:
"The appointment of Charles Graham and his team is key to the quick delivery of the Yanfolila Project. They have lived and breathed the Project and we have got to know them well over the due diligence period. We look forward to them joining Hummingbird as we focus on moving Yanfolila into production over the next 18 months."
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Notes to Editors
About Hummingbird Resources Plc
Founded in late 2005, Hummingbird Resources is a West African gold explorer and developer (AIM:HUM), which listed on AIM in December 2010 with a maiden N143-101 compliant Resource of 0.8Moz gold in Liberia. Since IPO the Company has significantly grown its initial resource to 4.2Moz at its Dugbe 1 Project in Liberia, West Africa. With the recent acquisition of Gold Fields' gold assets in Mali, Hummingbird is now a multi-project, near-term producer with 6Moz of gold and 5,000 km2 of exploration ground.
For more information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk