SouthernEra Appoints New CEO

SouthernEra Appoints New CEO

 

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    TORONTO and LONDON, UK, Sept. 12 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of

SouthernEra is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Alasdair MacPhee

as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. MacPhee has been acting as

interim President and CEO since July 20, 2005. Dr. Chris Jennings, Chairman

and founder of SouthernEra, said "I am delighted that we have been able to

fill this position from within the Company. Alasdair provides the leadership

and experience required to establish SouthernEra as a dominant, fully

integrated diamond resource company."

    Alasdair MacPhee, most recently Executive Vice President Africa, joined

SouthernEra in 1997 as a Project Manager to oversee the development and

construction of Klipspringer Diamond Mining Project, including the Marsfontein

kimberlite pipe, in South Africa. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in

Mechanical Engineering from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland and an

MBA from the Edinburgh Business School. Mr. MacPhee has 25 years of diamond

operating experience, including 17 years of continuous service within the

De Beers group of companies.

 

    SouthernEra Diamonds is Canada's largest fully integrated diamond company

with extensive diamond exploration in six countries including Canada,

Australia, Gabon, the DRC, Zimbabwe and South Africa. This represents the

fourth most active global diamond exploration program after the majors

DeBeers, BHPB and Rio Tinto. The Company also operates the Klipspringer

Diamond Mine in South Africa and maintains an 18 percent free-carried interest

in the Camafuca Diamond Project in Angola.

 

    For further information: SouthernEra Diamonds Inc., Dr. Christopher

Jennings, Chairman, Telephone: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

inbox(at)southernera.com, www.southernera.com

    (SRE)