Appointment of Executive Director

Rockfire Resources PLC
05 July 2024
 

5 July 2024

Rockfire Resources plc

("Rockfire" or the "Company")

Appointment of Executive Director


Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK), the base metal, precious metal, and critical mineral exploration company
is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Geissler as an Executive Director of the Company. Thomas Geissler is the major shareholder of TPM Middle East ("TPM"). TPM is interested in 312,000,000 shares in the Company, representing 12.2% of the Company's current issued share capital. Mr Geissler has been appointed to assist Rockfire in its aspiration to develop a revenue-generating business.

 

Thomas Geissler is an experienced professional in the precious metals industry, with over 10 years of experience. Thomas has worked internationally and held various senior positions, particularly at the philoro group of companies. Thomas' roles have included managing regional operations, developing scrap gold businesses and establishing international bullion trading ventures. Thomas is also the founder and managing director of TPM. Thomas has a degree in law and economics from the University of Salzburg.

 

David Price, Chief Executive Officer of Rockfire, commented:


"It is exciting to have Thomas join the board to assist our strategic growth plans. Thomas brings operational experience to Rockfire, particularly in the vertically integrated precious metals industry. With Rockfire's JORC resource of 131,000 ounces of gold in Queensland, and our silver resources in Queensland (800,000 ounces) and Greece (3.5m ounces), Thomas is an ideal fit for the Board's aspiration to deliver a profit-generating business."

 

"With silver and gold prices over recent months, opportunity exists for Rockfire to capitalise on precious metals outlook. We welcome Thomas as a new executive board member and look forward to working with him to grow and develop Rockfire."

 

The following additional information is provided in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

 

Thomas Geissler (formerly Thomas Höppl), age 40, owns 3,600,000 ordinary shares in the Company, and is, or has been during the previous five years, a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships:

 

Current Directorships or Partnerships

Previous Directorships or Partnerships within last five years

GT Metals GmbH

Soho Precious Metals LLC

philoro Global Trading AG

philoro International Holding AG

philoro North America AG

philoro Melting & Refining GmbH

PMR Marketing Management LLC

TPM International Limited

philoro Asia Limited

Aureto GmbH

TPM Middle East DMCC

philoro USA, Inc.

Depository Secure Services, Inc.

Philoro Holding USA, Inc.

None

 

 

 

For further information on the Company, please visit www.rockfireresources.com or contact the following: 

 

Rockfire Resources plc:

info@rockfire.co.uk

David Price, Chief Executive Officer




Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker):

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656

John Depasquale / George Payne (Corporate Finance)


Guy McDougall / Matt Butlin (Sales and Corporate Broking)


 

 

Notes to Editors

 

Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK) is a gold, base metal and critical mineral exploration company, with a high-grade zinc/lead/silver/germanium deposit in Greece and a portfolio of gold/copper/silver projects in Queensland Australia.

 

§ The Molaoi deposit in Greece has a JORC Inferred Mineral Resource of 2.3 million tonnes @ 9.4 % Zn, 1.7 % Pb and 47 g/t Ag, for 250,000 tonnes of ZnEq. This resource uses a 4% low-grade cut, and equates to 210,000 tonnes of zinc, 39,000 tonnes of lead and 3.5 million ounces of silver.

 

§ The Plateau deposit in Queensland has a JORC resource of 131,000 ounces of gold and 800,000 ounces of silver, using a 0.5g/t Au cut off. 53,000 of these ounces lie within the top 100m from surface. Plateau is subject to a joint venture with ASX-listed Sunshine Metals Ltd (ASX:SHN).

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