Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Edenville Energy

("Edenville" or the "Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Edenville Energy plc (AIM:EDL), the coal focused African energy exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rufus Short as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

Rufus Victor Short, aged 49, is a qualified surveyor and also holds an MSc in Mineral Economics from Curtin University Western Australia. He has 25 years experience in the resources industry having worked in engineering and management positions in Australia, South East Asia and the FSU with companies such as PanAust, Newcrest and Aurora Gold. A large part of his experience has been on development of projects in remote locations such as Borneo and Laos and he has worked to build coal, gold, silver and copper mines in such locations. Rufus has also spent several years working for various Australian mining consultancies such as AMC. Rufus is currently an independent mining consultant having previously worked at Investec plc for 6 years as an Investment Banker in the resources space. He is a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.

Simon Rollason, Chairman, commented:

'We are very pleased that Rufus has agreed joined the Board. He brings experience in getting small mining operations off the ground and into production. This experience will be of great benefit to Edenville in advancing progress with the Rukwa projects.'

There is no further information that is required to be disclosed with regards to the appointment of Rufus Short pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

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