Last checked at 12 Nov 2013 07:01
www.tertiaryminerals.com
("Tertiary" or "the Company")
12 November 2013
APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING DIRECTOR
Tertiary Minerals plc, the AIM traded company building a strategic position in the fluorspar sector, is pleased to announce that Mr Richard Clemmey has been appointed as Managing Director of the Company.
This appointment and the separation of the roles of Chairman and Managing Director will allow the Chairman more time to focus on the strategic and corporate development of the Group and brings the Company's governance in line with best practice.
Mr Clemmey has been employed by the Company since September 2011, initially as Project Manager. He joined the Board as Operations Director in May 2012.
Before joining the Company, Mr Clemmey was employed by a private quarrying company as General Manager for the development of a coastal limestone quarry in Oman and before that he was UK Operations Manager-Aggregates for Marshalls plc with overall commercial and operational responsibility for 8 quarries in the UK. Mr. Clemmey has also managed a large quarrying operation for Lafarge in the UK and was Operations Manager for a chromite mining project in the UAE. He is a qualified Chartered Engineer with a degree in Mining Geology
Executive Chairman Patrick Cheetham said: "I am delighted that Richard is stepping up to this newly created and key position with the Company. The Board congratulates him on the appointment and looks forward to working with him in this new role to achieve the Company's goals for the advancement of its exciting fluorspar projects."
For further information please contact:
Tertiary Minerals plc | Tel: +44 (0)845 868 4580 |
Patrick Cheetham, Executive Chairman | |
Richard Clemmey, Managing Director | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe | Tel: +44 (0)20 7894 7000 |
Stewart Dickson/Julian Erleigh (Corporate Finance) | |
Jeremy Stephenson (Corporate Broking) | |
Beaufort Securities Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 8300 |
Christopher Rourke (Corporate Finance) | |
Guy Wheatley (Corporate Broking) | |
Yellow Jersey PR Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3664 4087 |
Dominic Barretto/Kelsey Traynor |
Note to Editors:
Tertiary Minerals plc (AIM - EPIC: 'TYM') is an AIM-quoted mineral exploration and development company building a significant strategic position in the fluorspar sector. Fluorspar is an essential raw material in the chemical, steel and aluminium industries. Tertiary controls two significant Scandinavian projects (Storuman in Sweden and Lassedalen in Norway) and the strategically significant MB project in Nevada USA.