Arc announces appointment of new Finance Director

1 November 2019

Arc Minerals Ltd

('Arc' or 'Arc Minerals' or the 'Company')

Arc announces appointment of new Finance Director

Arc Minerals is pleased to announce the appointment of Rémy Welschinger, an existing Director of the Company, as Arc Minerals' Finance Director effective today.  Mr Welschinger replaces John Forrest who is retiring.

Nick von Schirnding, executive chairman of Arc Minerals commented: "I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Rémy as our Finance Director, someone I have worked closely with over the past few months. Rémy brings a wealth of experience from the banking and mining sector and has played - and will continue to play - a key role in accessing capital for the Company.  My thanks to John Forrest who has served the group over a number of years and we wish him well with his future endeavours."

Rémy Welschinger commented: "I am delighted to be taking up an executive role as Finance Director of Arc.  I believe we are sitting on some of the most valuable copper prospects in Africa and look forward to building an exciting future for all our shareholders."

Notes to Editors:

Rémy Welschinger is the founder and managing director of Limehouse Capital, an investment holding company specialising in natural resources projects. Up until 2018, he was head of commodities sales in Europe for Deutsche Bank. Prior to that, Mr Welschinger was an Executive Director in the Fixed Income and Commodities division of Morgan Stanley in London. Mr Welschinger graduated from Cass Business School, London, with a MSc in Investment management.

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Arc Minerals is an AIM listed exploration and mine development company focused on a diversified portfolio of mining projects with interests in Slovakia, Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. 

ARC Minerals current holdings include:

●   100% interest in CASA Mining Limited, a private company that has a 71.25% interest in the 3-million-ounce inferred Resource Akyanga gold deposit in the DRC.

●   A 66% equity interest in Zamsort Limited ("Zamsort"), a private company focused on a prospective copper t licence in the Zambia Copperbelt, together with a convertible loan to Zamsort which converts into approximately a five percent additional equity interest in Zamsort.

●   A 47.5% equity interest in Zaco Limited ("Zaco"), a private company focussed on a prospective copper and cobalt license adjacent to Zamsort.

●    100% ownership of the Kremnica Mining Licence Area in Slovakia which host the 1.3Moz AuEq   Au PFS stage Ṧturec Gold Project.

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