Tiger Strengthens Board

Tiger Resource Finance PLC
12 November 2001

                     Tiger Resource Finance PLC ('Tiger')


                           TIGER BOARD STRENGTHENED



Tiger, the international exploration and mining investment company announces
today the addition of two new directors to the Board.


Alan Mooney and John Molyneux join the Board of Tiger with immediate effect.


Alan Mooney is Chief Financial Officer of Minmet PLC. John Molyneux is a
Member of the Securities Institute and a Director of W H Ireland Limited,
stockbrokers to Tiger.


Jeremy Metcalfe, Chairman of Tiger said 'I could not be more pleased that
these two most talented people with such strong professional qualifications
have agreed to serve on the Tiger board. Their expertise will be of invaluable
help to the whole Board and I am looking forward to working with them as we
continue to develop our investment portfolio.'




For further information contact:


Jeremy Metcalfe Chairman Tiger Resource Finance PLC

01303 874798




Note to Editors:


Below are the CVs of Mr Molyneux and Mr Mooney


Alan Mooney (51) joined Minmet PLC as CFO in August 2001. He is a Chartered
Accountant having trained with Price Waterhouse Coopers and holds Bachelor of
Commerce and MBA degrees from University College Dublin. Prior to joining
Minmet PLC he was Financial Manager with Continental AG in Portugal. He was
also Divisional Chief Financial Officer with the Sonae Group - Portugal's
largest industrial group.


John Molyneux (54) has held a variety of fund management posts with a number
of leading investment management and stockbroking groups including Montagu
Loebl, English Trust and Greig Middleton. In 1994 he joined Henry Cooke
Lumsden and in 1998 he joined W H Ireland to run their new London office.



12 November, 2001