Directorate Change

Rurelec PLC
22 September 2005


22 September 2005
Rurelec PLC ('Rurelec' or the 'Company')

Appointment of Director

The board of Rurelec announces the appointment of Sir Duncan Robin Carmichael
Christopher KBE CMG as of 14 September 2005 as a non-executive director of the
Company.

Sir Robin, aged 60, recently retired as the British Ambassador to Argentina, a
post he held for four years, and first lived in Latin America forty years ago.
He knows Bolivia well.

Sir Robin is a trustee for The Brooke Hospital, Prospect Burma and St. Matthew's
Children Fund (Ethiopia), all of which are charitable trusts. He is also an Hon.
Fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) at London
University.

There is no further disclosure required pursuant to schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules.

Commenting on the appointment, Rurelec's Chairman, Jimmy West said 'I am
delighted to welcome Sir Robin to the Board and believe that his experience in
our target markets will assist the Company greatly in its further development'.

For further information, please contact:

Peter Earl, Managing Director                 Tel. [phone]
Paul Shackleton, Daniel Stewart & Co          Tel. [phone]



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