Appointment of Director

RNS Number : 3057Z

Connemara Mining Company plc

10 December 2014

 



10^th December 2014

Connemara Mining Company plc ("Connemara")

Appointment of Director

The directors of Connemara Mining (AIM: CON) are pleased to announce that Mr. Danesh Varma, has been appointed to the board.  Mr. Varma has decades of experience in financing and directing mining ventures in Canada and Europe.  He is currently a director of a number of listed mining ventures including Anglesey Mining Plc, Minco Plc, Grängesberg Iron AB and Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited.  He is chairman of the Brook Group with operations in the UK, India and Caribbean.  Mr. Varma who is 64 trained as a chartered accountant.

Mr. Graham Reid who has served on the board since 2007 is stepping down.  Graham is active as a specialist consultant in Irish base metal exploration and wishes to avoid any potential conflicts.  He will remain as Technical Advisor.

John Teeling, Chairman, comments "I am very pleased to welcome Danesh to the board.  Danesh is an experienced international financier with a wealth of knowledge, contacts and experience in junior mining companies.  He is a valuable addition.

We are sorry that Graham Reid is stepping down as a director though he will remain as our Technical Advisor.  Zinc exploration in Ireland is very active and Graham has a number of clients so he feels it right to avoid any potential conflict."

Connemara is a diversified exploration company with principal assets in zinc/lead and gold exploration licenses in Ireland.  The company holds interests in 30 licenses covering an area of approximately 1, 169 sq km.

Enquiries:

Connemara Mining Company Plc
John Teeling, Chairman	[phone]
Jim Finn, Director
Westhouse Securities Limited
Martin Davison	[phone]
Robert Finlay
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Limited
Jason Robertson	[phone]
Blytheweigh	[phone]
Tim Blythe	[phone]
Halimah Hussain	[phone]
Camilla Horsfall	[phone]
PSG Plus
Aoife Ross	[phone]
Alan Tyrrell	[phone]

www.connemaramining.com

APPENDIX - AIM Rule 17 and Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies

Danesh Kumar Varma, aged 64, holds no shares, warrants, options or any other financial instruments in Connemara.

Mr Varma holds, or has held, the following directorships within the last 5 years:

Current directorships	Past directorships
Anglesey Mining Plc	American Resource Management Fund Limited
Angmag AB	Boreal Minerals Plc
Aviary Films Limited	Cylon International Alliance Limited
Brook Bancorp Pvt. Limited	Feronia Inc.
Brook Capital Corporation	Laguna Tailings UK Limited
Brook Finance Pvt. Limited	Santa Cruz Mining Limited
Brook Holdings Limited	The Share Republic.Com Limited
Brook Precious Metals Limited	Sparrow Films Limited
Brook (Private) Trust Pvt. Limited	Tom Hoskins Plc
Brook Stocks Pvt. Limited
Brook Wealth Management Pvt. Limited
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Holdings (Cyprus) Limited
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LLP
Canadian Corporate Services (International) Limited
Canadian Express (International) Limited
Canland Securities Limited
Crowd for Angels (UK) Limited
E.H. Holdings Limited
Eurang Limited
Eurmag AB
Global Preservation Strategies Limited
Grängesberg Iron AB
Hedge Hog and Conserve Limited
H&W Capital Pvt. Limited
Interinvest (Bermuda) Limited
Juno Limited
KCA Secretaries Limited
Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited
LOM (Holdings) Limited
Minco Ireland Limited
Minco Mining Limited
Minco Plc
Navy Blue Investments Limited
Prima Properties Management Limited
Reid Family Holdings Limited
Reid Private Trust Limited
Risque Investments Limited
Silver Star Limited
Westland Exploration Limited
Zacatecas Exploration Limited
Zagreus Management Limited

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 Mr Varma.

 

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