Niger Uranium Limited
25 February 2008
For immediate release
25 February 2008
Niger Uranium Limited
('Niger Uranium' or 'the Company')
Changes to the Board
Niger Uranium (AIM: URU) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Gordon
Cassidy, already Chief Financial Officer, as a director of the Company and
Finance Director with immediate effect.
Mr Cassidy, aged 62, has spent twenty years in Africa and has worked in Zambia,
Kenya, Nigeria, Zaire and Mozambique. He transferred back to the United Kingdom
in 1987, where he held the position of UK Finance Director with Crown Cork and
Seal Co. Inc, a leading metal packaging manufacturer. He was also a Finance
Director at a private hospital operated by BMI, the UK's leading provider of
acute care private medical facilities. Previously, Mr Cassidy was Group
Financial Controller for UraMin Inc.
Neil Herbert, Non-Executive Director, has resigned with immediate effect in
order to focus his attention on other business interests.
Following these changes the composition of the Board is:
James Mellon - Non-Executive Chairman
Ian Stalker - Executive Deputy Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Gordon Cassidy - Finance Director
Marek J Kreczmer - Non-Executive Director
Wayne G Beach - Non-Executive Director
John P Lynch - Non-Executive Director
Gordon Cassidy, has had the following directorships in the past five years:
Current Directorships: Past Directorships:
Templar Minerals Limited UraMin (UK) Limited
There are no further details in relation to the above appointment which require
disclosure under paragraph (g) (iii) to (viii) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules.
Gordon Cassidy is interested in 39,561 ordinary shares of US$0.01 par value each
in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares'). In addition, Gordon Cassidy
has options over 500,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 37 pence per
Ordinary Share. The options granted above vest in three equal annual
installments commencing on 30 January 2008 and will expire unless exercised on
or before 30 January 2018.
For further information:
Niger Uranium Limited
Ian Stalker, Executive Deputy Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer Tel: +27 82 455 3442
James Mellon, Non-Executive Chairman Tel: +44 7770 756471
Gordon Cassidy, Finance Director Tel: +27 79 872 7587
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish / Michael Cornish Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396
Financial Dynamics
Ben Brewerton / Edward Westropp Tel: +44 (0)20 7269 7230
ENDS
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