16th Jan 2018 07:00
16 January 2018
Ferrum Crescent Limited
("FCR", the "Company" or the "Group")(ASX, AIM, JSE: FCR)
Board, Company Secretary and Administrative Changes
FCR, the European lead-zinc explorer, is pleased to announce that Mr Daniel Smith has been appointed to the Board of the Company as a Non-Executive Director, as well as assuming the role of Company Secretary, both with immediate effect. In addition, the Company has appointed Minerva Corporate Pty Ltd ("Minerva Corporate"), a company which is part-owned and controlled by Mr Smith, to support its finance and administrative functions. These changes form part of an ongoing programme by the Board to identify and implement efficiencies and cost savings.
Mr Smith is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Governance Institute of Australia and has over 10 years' primary and secondary capital markets expertise. As a director of Minerva Corporate, he has advised on, and been involved in, over a dozen IPOs, RTOs and capital raisings on both the ASX and NSX. His key focus is on corporate governance and compliance, commercial due diligence and transaction structuring, as well as ongoing investor and stakeholder engagement. Mr Smith is also currently Company Secretary for Taruga Gold Limited and Love Group Global Limited, both listed on the ASX. He holds a BA in International Relations from Curtin University, Western Australia.
Mr Grant Button has resigned from his position as Company Secretary with immediate effect but will continue to serve as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. The Board would like to thank Mr Button for his valued contribution within the Company Secretary role.
The following additional information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to the appointment of Mr Smith:
Daniel John Edward Alexander Durston Smith (aged 34)
Current Directorships / Partnerships | Past Directorships / Partnerships (last 5 years) |
Bridge The Gap Trading Pty Ltd | Accenture Investments Pty Ltd |
Commodite Resources Pty Ltd | CoAssets Australia Pty Ltd |
Goldfields Consolidated Pty Ltd | CoAssets Limited |
Hemisphere Corporate Services (SA) Pty Ltd | Fraser Range Metals Group Limited |
Hill 50 Gold Mines Pty Ltd | Global Gold Holdings Limited |
Mallina Exploration Pty Ltd | Hemisphere Corporate Services Pty Ltd |
Minerva Corporate Pty Ltd | Jobstore Group Limited |
Minerva Equity Pty Ltd | MSM Corporation International Limited |
Ordriver Mining Pty Ltd | PLC Financial Solutions Limited |
Orwellian Pty Ltd | Sing Kee Kaya Limited |
Pilbara Commodites Pty Ltd | Taruga Gold Limited |
SHH Group Limited | York Energy NL |
Sorrento Resources Pty Ltd | |
Stirfire Limited | |
Wombat Resources Pty Ltd | |
Yandal Metals Pty Ltd |
Mr Smith was a former director of York Energy NL which entered into administration on 9 September 2013 with a shortfall to creditors of approximately A$2.5 million.
Mr Smith does not hold any existing interest in the Company's ordinary shares.
There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies.
Commenting today, Mr Laurence Read, Executive Director, said:
"We continue to identify and implement cost efficiencies in order to best position the Company to deliver shareholder value from our ongoing exploration work. The appointment of Daniel and Minerva Corporate signals a new way forward for the administration and financial management of the Company on shareholders' behalf. I believe that appointing Minerva, a professional company secretarial and administrative services provider to numerous ASX companies, will enable us to deliver further cost savings and efficiencies during 2018, thereby allowing the maximum amount of funds to be allocated to continued exploration work at our promising Toral lead-zinc and associated metals project in Léon, Spain. "
For further information on the Company, please visit www.fcrexploration.com or www.ferrumcrescent.com or contact:
Ferrum Crescent Limited
Daniel Smith, Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary (Australia)
T: +61 8 9486 4036
Laurence Read, Executive Director (UK) T: + 44 (0)20 3289 9923
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser) Rory Murphy / Matthew Chandler
T: +44 (0)20 7409 3494
Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited (Broker) Lucy Williams / Duncan Vasey / Heena Karani
T: +44 (0)20 7469 0930
Beaufort Securities Limited (Broker) Elliot Hance
T: +44 (0)20 7382 8300
Bravura Capital (Pty) Ltd (JSE Sponsor) Melanie De Nysschen
T (direct): +27 11 459 5052
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ('MAR').
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