10th Apr 2006 07:02
Mwana Africa PLC10 April 2006 APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT EXPLORATION Dr. Charl du Plessis appointed as Vice President Exploration of Mwana Africa plc Johannesburg & London, 10th April 2006 - The Board of Mwana Africa plc, thepan-African resource company, has appointed Dr. Charl du Plessis as its VicePresident Exploration with effect from the 1st April 2006. Dr. Charl du Plessis, 53, is a highly regarded geologist with extensiveexperience in African natural resource exploration and development. Since 1998he has been responsible for brownfield and greenfield African exploration atAngloGold, and subsequently AngloGold Ashanti, with a particular focus onprojects in the DRC and Tanzania. From 1989 to 1998 Dr. du Plessis held positions as a Production Geologist atWestern Deep Levels in South Africa and as a member of AngloAmericanCorporation's Basin Analysis Team, later opening an exploration office in Ghana.In 1998 he became Regional Exploration Manager for AngloGold in Abidjan,responsible for greenfield and brownfield projects in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire,Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and Tanzania. Between 1976 and 1989 Dr. du Plessis worked with the South African GeologicalSurvey (now the Council for Geosciences), in both the Economic and RegionalMapping Divisions, with a particular focus on the sedimentary basins of SouthAfrica. He is a member of the AusIMM, Society of Economic Goelogists, New York Academyof Sciences, and a founder and life-long member of the Tectonics Division of theGeological Society of South Africa. He is also the author of a number ofscientific research works. He gained a PhD from the University of theWitwatersrand in 1990, and a BSc (Hons) from the Rand Afrikaans University in1976. He is married with three children. Commenting on the announcement, Kalaa Mpinga, Chief Executive Officer of MwanaAfrica, said: "We are delighted to welcome Charl to the Mwana Africa team. His appointmentrepresents an important next step in the evolution of the Group. His knowledgeand experience in developing greenfield and brownfield projects across Africawill be invaluable in our plans to develop our high quality exploration assets." ENDS Enquiries: Kalaa Mpinga, CEO or Oliver Baring, Chairman Mwana Africa plc Tel. +44 207 654 5588 Tom Randell or Maria Suleymanova Merlin Tel. +44 207 653 6620 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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