Board Changes

RNS Number : 4237I

FinnAust Mining PLC

09 December 2015

 

FinnAust Mining plc / EPIC: FAM / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining

9 December 2015

FinnAust Mining plc ('FinnAust' or the 'Company')

Board Changes

FinnAust Mining plc, the AIM listed exploration company with projects in Finland and Austria, is pleased to announce that Roderick McIllree has been appointed to the Board as Managing Director, effective immediately, having been appointed as non-board interim Chief Executive Officer in July 2015.

Roderick Claude McIllree (B.Sc. (Geology), Grad Dip. (Mineral Economics) MAusIMM) ('Rod') is a geologist with more than 20 years of experience operating in both the resources and financial sectors. Rod worked initially as an exploration geologist for global mining houses before moving to the financial / advisory side of the industry where he worked extensively as a mining analyst and corporate adviser to listed exploration and mining companies with projects across a broad spectrum of commodities and countries.

Rod was an early member of the teams responsible for several successful mining companies with assets in frontier jurisdictions, including but not limited to, Medusa Mining, Anvil Mining and Kingsrose Mining. He was the founder and Managing Director of ASX listed Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd up until August 2014 and is currently a Non-Executive Director of AIM listed Noricum Gold Limited.

Rod, aged 42, currently holds or has held the following directorships and partnerships in the last five years:

Current Directorships	Past Directorships
Bluejay Mining Limited Greenland Gas & Oil Limited Marmac Holdings Limited Noricum Gold Limited Tabasco Consulting Limited Upper Mantle Investments Limited	Convergent Minerals Limited Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

**ENDS**

For further information please visit www.finnaust.com or contact:

Roderick McIllree	FinnAust Mining plc	[phone]
Graham Marshall	FinnAust Mining plc
Ewan Leggat Laura Harrison	SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP	[phone]
Elisabeth Cowell	St Brides Partners Ltd	[phone]
Charlotte Heap	St Brides Partners Ltd

 

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