8 December 2015
CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC
("CAML" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM: CAML), a copper producing company, is pleased to announce that Roger Davey has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and Chairman of its Corporate Social Responsibility Committee with immediate effect.
Mr Davey, a Chartered Mining Engineer, has over thirty five years' experience in the international mining industry. He is also a non-executive director of a number of other companies in the mining sector quoted on AIM, namely Atalaya Mining plc, Orosur Mining Inc and Condor Gold plc.
Until 2010, Mr Davey was Senior Mining Engineer at N M Rothschild in the Mining and Metals Project Finance Team. Previously, he held senior management and director level roles in mining companies in South America and Africa as well as the UK, covering the financing, development and operation of underground and surface mining operations.
Save as set out in the Appendix to this announcement, there are no additional disclosures required under Rule 17 and Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Nigel Hurst-Brown, Chairman of CAML, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Roger Davey to the Board. He brings with him a wealth of mining sector experience which we believe will add great value to the Board."
For further information please contact:
Central Asia Metals plc |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 9001 |
Nick Clarke, CEO Nigel Robinson, CFO |
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Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
Matthew Armitt Ross Allister |
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Mirabaud Securities LLP (Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7878 3362 |
Peter Krens |
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Bell Pottinger |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3772 2500 |
Lorna Cobbett |
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Note to editors:
Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper facility in Kazakhstan. The Company also has a 75% equity interest in Copper Bay Ltd, which is a private company conducting a feasibility study of the Chañaral Bay Copper Project in Chile. At the 2014 UK Stock Market Awards, CAML was named Best Basic Resources Plc. For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com.
Appendix - AIM Rule Schedule 2(g) disclosures
Roger Owen Davey's (aged 70) directorships in the last five years are as follows:
Company |
Role/Position |
Date from |
Date to |
Current: |
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Orosur Mining Inc Atalaya Mining plc (formerly EMED) |
Non-Executive Director ("NED") NED |
August 2007 April 2010 |
Present Present |
Condor Gold plc Piazza Barnaloft Management Ltd. |
NED Director |
December 2011 April 2012 |
Present Present |
Previous: |
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GoldQuest Mining Corp Master Drilling Group Ltd |
NED NED |
June 2004 October 2012 |
December 2011 June 2014 |
Martwick Limited Alexander Mining plc |
Director NED |
December 2013 August 2006 |
November 2015 May 2015 |
