BlackRock World Mining Trust plc
Board changes
Retirement of Director:
As previously announced, Mr Oliver Baring will retire as a Director effective today.
Appointment of Director:
The Board is pleased to announce that Mr Russell Edey will be appointed as a
non-executive director of the Company with effect from today. Mr Edey has been
the chairman of Avocet Mining PLC since September 2010 and a non-executive
director since July 2010. He served as a non-executive director of Old Mutual
PLC from June 2004 to May 2013 and retired as chairman of AngloGold Ashanti
Limited in May 2010 having been a member of that Company's board since 1998. He
is a non-executive director of several companies in the Rothschild Group, which
he joined in 1977. Prior to that, he worked for Anglo American Corporation of
South Africa Limited in South Africa and Australia. Mr Edey is a chartered
accountant and will also serve as a member of the Company's Audit and
Management Engagement Committee.
There are no further details or disclosures required under Section 9.6.13R
(1-6) of the Financial Conduct Authority Listing Rules.
Caroline Driscoll
Company Secretary
Date: 8 May 2014
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