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17 November 2014
Hummingbird Resources plc
("Hummingbird Resources" or the "Company") (AIM: HUM)
Directorate Change
Russell King appointed as Non-Executive Chairman
Hummingbird Resources, the multi-project gold company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Russell King as Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Mr King will replace Ian Cockerill who retired at the conclusion of the AGM and joined the Company's Technical Advisory Committee ("TAC").
Mr King is currently the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Aggreko plc, the FTSE 100 temporary power generation company. Prior to this, Mr King served as Chief Strategy Officer at Anglo American where he had global responsibility for strategy, business development, government relations, safety and sustainable development. He was also a member of Anglo American's plc executive committee for eight years. Between 2010 and 2013 he was a senior advisor to RBC Capital Markets on Metals and Mining. Mr King is also a Non-Executive Director of Interserve plc, Sepura plc and Spectris plc.
Ian Cockerill will remain an adviser to Hummingbird Resources and in this capacity has been appointed to the Company's TAC. The TAC was established to provide high-level technical guidance to the Company to ensure that its projects are progressed in the most economically advantageous and efficient manner possible.
Dan Betts, CEO of Hummingbird Resources, said:
"I am delighted to welcome someone of Russell's calibre to the Board. He is highly respected across the sector and his in-depth global industry experience will be an enormous asset to Hummingbird as we look to commence construction at our Yanfolila Project early next year, and to help strategically evaluate the best ways to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the current market.
On behalf of the Board, I would like to once again express my thanks to Ian for his wise counsel as Chairman over the past five years. I am delighted he has agreed to join our Technical Advisory Committee where we will continue to benefit from his support and experience moving forward."
See appendix for further information in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies
Today 250,000 options over ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company were granted to Russell King. These share options are exercisable at 1p per share and amount to 0.3% of the issued share capital in total. The share options vest in two equal tranches over the two year period from grant subject to Russell King remaining a director of the Company.
The total number of ordinary shares currently in issue is 84,843,267; there are currently 5,910,000 options and 1,612,903 investor warrants outstanding.
ENDS
Enquiries:
Hummingbird Resources plc | |
Daniel Betts, Chief Executive Officer | |
Thomas Hill, Finance Director | |
Robert Monro, Head of Business Development | +44 (0) 203 416 3560 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe | |
Nominated Adviser and Corporate Broker | |
Stewart Dickson / Jeremy Stephenson | +44 (0) 207 894 7000 |
FTI Consulting LLP | |
Financial PR | |
Ben Brewerton / Oliver Winters / Sara Powell | +44 (0) 203 727 1000 |
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. In July 2014 Hummingbird Resources acquired all of Gold Fields' gold assets in Mali, including the 1.8Moz Yanfolila Project. 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
Appendix - Rule 17 and Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies
Details of directorships that Russell John King, aged 56, currently holds, and has held in the previous five years, are given below:
Current Directorships/Partnerships:
Aggreko Plc
Interserve Plc
Sepura Plc
Sorrett Advisors Limited
Spectris Plc
Past Directorships/Partnerships:
Anglo UK Pension Trustee Limited
Anglo Platinum Ltd
Bergteamet AB
GeoProMining Ltd.
Save for the information above, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Russell King.