Premier African Minerals Regulatory News (PREM)

Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining 20 August 2013 Premier African Minerals Limited (`Premier' or `the Company') Board changes Premier African Minerals Limited, the AIM quoted multi-commodity naturalresource company with mineral projects located in Western and Southern Africa,is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Graham du Plessis and NeilLindsey Herbert to the Board. Concurrently Bruce Cumming and Leslie Goodmanhave stepped down from the Board. These appointments are an integral part ofthe Company's strategy as it looks to build upon its position as a leadingexploration and production development company in Zimbabwe and Togo. George Roach, Premier CEO, expressed his appreciation on behalf of the board tothe outgoing directors who had seen Premier through the initial listing processand advised on the strategic deal with Ethiopian Potash Corp (`EPC'), whichresulted in EPC acquiring Premier's Togo and Mali subsidiaries. He noted thatAlex du Plessis and Neil Herbert bring special skills to Premier; Alex duPlessis in regard to mine development with special reference to the Premier'sRHA Tungsten project in Zimbabwe and Neil Herbert in corporate affairs, marketcommunication and deal structuring. Alex du Plessis is a Professional Engineer with extensive experience in theAfrican mining arena. He has held management, development and operational rolesin various mining companies and covering a range of commodities includingdiamonds, coal and gold, and is currently a non-executive director of AgriMincoCorp., an exploration and development company focused on the development ofagricultural mineral projects across Africa. Premier owns 42% of Agriminco.Furthermore, as a past director of the Research Organisation of the Chamber ofMines of South Africa and the founding director of the Centre for MechanisedMining Systems at the University of the Witwatersrand, he has a solidunderstanding of technical innovation in mining. He established TurgisConsulting in 1990 and was CEO and later Chairman of Turgis, until the companywas acquired, in 2008, by DHV Group BV, a global consulting engineering firm,where after he acted as the DHV Group Business Development Executive - Mininguntil 2010. He currently consults with a wide range of mining industry clientsaround the world, and is also a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Centre forMechanised Mining at the University of the Witwatersrand. Professor du Plessis is a registered Professional Engineer and is a Fellow ofthe Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He also holds a BSc(Eng.) (Electrical) and MSc (Eng.) from the University of the Witwatersrand inSouth Africa, has completed a Management Development Programme at theUniversity Of South Africa School Of Business Leadership and holds a SouthAfrican Government Engineering Certificate of Competency for Mines and Works. Neil Herbert is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountantsand has over 20 years of experience in finance. He has worked in the managementof mining and exploration companies for over 15 years and was, until recently(May 2013), Co-Chairman and Managing Director of AIM quoted Polo ResourcesLimited (AIM: POL), a globally focused natural resources and mine developmentinvestment company, where he remains as a consultant. He has held Boardpositions at several resources companies and has been responsible for projectacquisitions and disposals together with stock market listings andfundraisings. From 2005-2007 he was Financial Director for UraMin Inc., anAfrican focussed uranium exploration company, and helped list the company onAIM and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2006, raising up to US$400 million inequity financing and negotiating the sale of the group to Areva for US$2.5billion. He holds a Joint Honours Degree in Economics and Economic History fromthe University of Leicester. Alex du Plessis, aged 57, is currently a Director of, or during the past fiveyears has been a Director of, the following companies: Current Directorships: Past Directorships: AgriMinco Corp Axmin Inc Community Mineral Resources (Pty) Ltd Turgis Consulting (Pty) Ltd Alex du Plessis is a Guarantor to a company that holds 1,250,000 OrdinaryShares and 1,250,000 Warrants in the Company. Neil Herbert, aged 47, is currently a Director of, or during the past fiveyears has been a Director of, the following companies: Current Directorships: Past Directorships: Agroamerica Limited Andina Gold Corp Exmin Consulting Limited Andulela Investment Holdings Limited Eshmond Films Limited Enk plc GCM Resources plc Ferrum Resources Limited GZ Laboratories Holdings Limited Haro Mercantile Inc Nimini Holdings Limited Ironstone Resources Ltd Signet Petroleum Limited Minfer Holdings Limited UrAmerica Limited MUC Resources Limited Peabody-Polo Resources BV Polo Australasia Limited Polo Arrieros Limited Polo Bangladesh Limited Polo Coal Limited Polo Copper Corporation Limited Polo Cuprita Limited Polo Direction Limited Polo Indocoal Holdings Ltd Polo Indogold Holdings Ltd Polo Iron Limited Polo NV Polo Resources Cooperatief U.A. Polo Resources Limited Sunrise Resources plc Vatukoula Gold Mines plc Vitorian Properties Limited World Coal Works Corporation ZimDiv Holdings Limited Neil Herbert holds an interest of 5,428,773 Ordinary Shares of the Companywhich are invested in his SIPP with Suffolk Life, and 2,500,000 Warrants in theCompany. There is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Paragraph (g)of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies. Pamela Hueston Premier African Minerals Tel: +44 (0) 755 778 3855 Limited Tony Rawlinson Cairn Financial Advisers LLP Tel: +44 (0) 207 148 7900 (Nominated Adviser) Jerry Keen Shore Capital Stockbrokers Tel: +44 (0) 207 408 4090 Limited Edward Mansfield Shore Capital Stockbrokers Tel: +44 (0) 207 408 4090 Limited Felicity Edwards St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 Premier African Minerals Limited is a multi-commodity exploration anddevelopment company focussed in Southern and West Africa. As well as itsshareholding in TSX quoted AgriMinco Corp, the Company has a diverse portfolioof multi-commodity projects which includes tungsten, rare earth elements(`REE'), gold, lithium, tantalum and uranium in Zimbabwe and Togo, which spanfrom brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-rootsexploration. Premier plans to create value by implementing defined explorationand development programmes to prove-up resources with a view to futureproduction and/or forming strategic alliances and completing corporatetransactions to maximise shareholder value. Premier's portfolio includes its flagship RHA tungsten project (`RHA') inZimbabwe in respect of which, a SAMREC compliant resource statement andPreliminary Economic Study is due for release within the next 14 days.Premier's second priority project in Zimbabwe is the Katete REE project, whichhas the potential to be developed as an open pit mine. The project, which spans3,750 ha, has returned a peak result from trenching of 14.6% TREO.