Appointment of Mike Prentis as Non-Exec Director

31 March 2021

CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

('CAML' or the 'Company')

Appointment of Mike Prentis as Non-Executive Director

Central Asia Metals plc (AIM: CAML) confirms that Mike Prentis has today joined the CAML Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mike will join the Audit, Sustainability and Nomination Committees.  

Nick Clarke, Executive Chairman, Commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Mike to the Board as a Non-Executive Director. As a former fund manager of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc and BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc, and with over 35 years' of investment and capital markets experience, Mike brings a wealth of insight to the CAML Board."

The information included below is required under Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules") and Schedule Two Paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules: 

Michael Jonathan Prentis, (aged 63)

Michael Prentis owns 7,330 ordinary shares in the Company.

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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 project in central Kazakhstan and 100% of the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia.

For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com and follow CAML on Twitter at @CamlMetals and on LinkedIn at Central Asia Metals Plc