Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 4098I

Central Asia Metals PLC

08 December 2015

 

8 December 2015

CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

("CAML" or the "Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM: CAML), a copper producing company, is pleased to announce that Roger Davey has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and Chairman of its Corporate Social Responsibility Committee with immediate effect.

Mr Davey, a Chartered Mining Engineer, has over thirty five years' experience in the international mining industry. He is also a non-executive director of a number of other companies in the mining sector quoted on AIM, namely Atalaya Mining plc, Orosur Mining Inc and Condor Gold plc.

Until 2010, Mr Davey was Senior Mining Engineer at N M Rothschild in the Mining and Metals Project Finance Team. Previously, he held senior management and director level roles in mining companies in South America and Africa as well as the UK, covering the financing, development and operation of underground and surface mining operations.

Save as set out in the Appendix to this announcement, there are no additional disclosures required under Rule 17 and Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Nigel Hurst-Brown, Chairman of CAML, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Roger Davey to the Board. He brings with him a wealth of mining sector experience which we believe will add great value to the Board."

For further information please contact:

Central Asia Metals plc	Tel: [phone]
Nick Clarke, CEO Nigel Robinson, CFO
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Matthew Armitt Ross Allister
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Peter Krens
Bell Pottinger	Tel: [phone]
Lorna Cobbett

Note to editors:

Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper facility in Kazakhstan. The Company also has a 75% equity interest in Copper Bay Ltd, which is a private company conducting a feasibility study of the Chañaral Bay Copper Project in Chile. At the 2014 UK Stock Market Awards, CAML was named Best Basic Resources Plc. For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com.

Appendix - AIM Rule Schedule 2(g) disclosures

Roger Owen Davey's (aged 70) directorships in the last five years are as follows:

Company	Role/Position	Date from	Date to
Current:
Orosur Mining Inc Atalaya Mining plc (formerly EMED)	Non-Executive Director ("NED") NED	August 2007 April 2010	Present Present
Condor Gold plc Piazza Barnaloft Management Ltd.	NED Director	December 2011 April 2012	Present Present
Previous:
GoldQuest Mining Corp Master Drilling Group Ltd	NED NED	June 2004 October 2012	December 2011 June 2014
Martwick Limited  Alexander Mining plc	Director NED	December 2013 August 2006	November 2015 May 2015

 

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