Appointment of CEO and CTO

RNS Number : 3199I

BlueRock Diamonds PLC

01 July 2013

 

BlueRock Diamonds Plc

("BlueRock" or the "Company")

Appointment of CEO and CTO

BlueRock Diamonds plc is pleased to announce two changes to the board today. Christiaan (Riaan) Visser, formerly CFO of the Company, has moved to the role of Chief Executive Officer as he takes an increasingly active role in the business. In addition, the Board has enhanced its mining and technical expertise by appointing John Kilham to join the Company as Executive Chief Technical Officer with effect from 1 July 2013.

John Kilham is a geologist with 33 years of experience, 27 of which with De Beers, most recently responsible for Resource Evaluation Projects in Kimberley. He has particular experience in resource estimation, open cast diamond mining, tailings retreatment and diamond recovery plant and machinery. He currently runs his own consulting services company, Kgalagadi Geoservices, is a member of the Geological Society of South Africa and a certified professional of the South African Council for Natural Science Professions (SACNASP) and is qualified as a competent person. He holds a Masters degree in Geology, has dual South African and British nationality and is based in Kimberley, South Africa.

Mr Kilham is a director of Kgalagadi Geoservices cc, Kgalagadi Geoservices (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd, Kgalagadi Engineering & Mining Supplies (Pty) Ltd and Kgalagadi Asset Management.

Paul Beck, Chairman of BlueRock, said:  "We welcome John's appointment to the board and the promotion of Riaan to CEO."

There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in respect of Mr Kilham's appointment under Appendix 1, paragraph 18 of the ISDX Growth Market Rules for Issuers.

BlueRock Diamonds plc
Jonathan Quirk	[phone]
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP - Corporate Adviser & Broker
David Facey / Liz Yong	[phone]
Gable Communications
Justine James	[phone] / [phone]

 

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