Minco PLC Regulatory News (MIO)

9 Nov 2006 07:00

Minco PLC09 November 2006 Minco plc Minco appoints Ian Smith aged 61 to its Board of Directors Minco plc, the AIM listed precious and base metals exploration company isdelighted to announce the appointment of Ian Smith, President, CEO and COO ofbcMetals Corporation, as a non-executive director of the company. Mr Smith is a mining engineer with almost 40 years experience in corporate,operations and project management and consulting experience within theinternational base, precious metals and coal industries. His appointment bringsa wealth of technical and international business expertise, including themanagement of grass-roots start-up projects as well as specific insight into theMexican mining industry. Ian's career includes operating management positions as the mine superintendentof the Bougainville copper mine in Papua New Guinea and General MineSuperintendent of the La Caridad mine in Mexico. He was also President andFounding Partner of the well-respected international consulting engineeringcompany, Mineral Resources Development Inc., which was responsible for projectsincluding the technical aspects of restructuring Zambian Consolidated CopperMines, and the Competent Person's Report on the London market sale of the GhanaGovernment's shareholding in Ashanti Goldfields. More recently, as Chairman, President and CEO of Rea Gold Corporation, he wasresponsible for bringing the 70,000 oz/year San Gregorio open pit gold mine inUruguay into production. In welcoming Ian Smith to the Board, Minco's Chairman, Roger Turner, said "Ian'slong-standing involvement with mining in Mexico allied to his proventrack-record in mine start-up projects adds further depth to the Board as wemove towards achieving the transition from exploration to production. I amdelighted that Ian will be working alongside us as we build Minco into a fullyfledged mining company." Ian Smith's current directorships are: bcMetals Corporation Crosshair Exploration and Mining Corporation Andreas Limited There are no further disclosures required under schedule 2 paragraph (g) of theAIM rules. Mr Smith has held no other directorships during the last five years. For further information, please contact: Roger Turner, Executive Chairman +44 (0) 20 7397 8155Simon Beardsmore, Commercial Manager +44 (0) 20 7397 8159Chris Rollason, Collins Stewart Europe Limited +44 (0) 20 7523 8350Tom McCormack, ConneXions +353 (0) 1230 3015Nick Bias, BuckBias +44 (0) 788 792 0530 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange