Director Appointment

North River Resources plc / Ticker: NRRP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

19 September 2013

North River Resources plc ('North River' or 'the Company')

Director Appointment

North River Resources, the AIM listed resource company focused on Namibia, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mark Thompson as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Mark Thompson is the former Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of Galena Asset Management Ltd, the fund management arm of Trafigura Beheer b.v., and latterly a partner at Apollo Management, one of the world's largest alternative asset managers. Mark has managed in excess of $750m, across four separate funds, all of which were focused on natural resources. Mark has extensive experience in raising capital for natural resource companies, portfolio management, commodity derivatives trading and personal investment in the natural resources sector. He is executive Chairman of Treliver Minerals Ltd and possesses a number of directorships in private companies engaged in mineral exploration. Mark holds an M.A. from Oxford University, having completed his undergraduate degree in Physics.

Mr. Thompson has previously invested in the Company and currently holds 28,571,429 shares. In June 2013 he conducted a visit to the Company's flagship Namib Lead Zinc Mine project in Namibia.

North River Managing Director Martin French said, "We are delighted that Mark is joining us. His entrepreneurial approach is very much in keeping with that of the Company. He is very familiar with, and supportive of, the Company and will add much value through his advice and contacts."

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two part (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. There is no further information to be disclosed.

Mark Edward Thompson (aged 41)

**ENDS**

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