26th May 2011 12:14
26 May 2011
Polo Resources Limited
("Polo Resources", "Polo" or "the Company")
Directorate Change
Polo Resources Limited (AIM and TSX: POL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Michael Burns to the Board, as Finance Director, which is effective immediately.
Mr. Burns is a fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. He is the founder and Senior Executive Director of Via Executive Limited, a specialist management consulting company and the Managing Director of Regent Mercantile Holdings Limited, a privately owned investment company.
For over twenty years Mr. Burns has specialised in corporate governance, risk management, accounting and administration for companies in a number of industry sectors and is currently a Non-Executive Director of Phaunos Timber Fund Limited, a US$700 million company listed on the London Stock Exchange, as well as several fund management companies engaged in the property, emerging markets and alternative energy sectors. He is licensed as a personal fiduciary by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Previously Mr. Burns was an Executive Director at Anson Fund Management Limited and, prior to that, Group Managing Director of Investec Trust. He is the former Chairman of the Guernsey Association of Trustees and a current member of the Society of Trust and Estate Planners Guernsey committee.
Commenting on Ian's appointment, Neil L. Herbert, Executive Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Polo Resources, said: "We are pleased to be strengthening our Board with the appointment of Ian Burns. His years of experience in the finance sector will be of significant value to the Company as we continue to build on our existing success."
Additional Information
Save as set out below, there is no further details in relation to the above appointment which require disclosure under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
The Directorships and past Directorships of Mr. Burns, aged 51 are listed below:
Directorships in the past five years:
Accelerated Global Growth Basket Limited |
Anson Custody Limited |
Anson Fund Managers Limited |
Anson Group Limited |
Anson Registrars Limited |
Anson Administration (UK) Limited |
BBD Minerals Limited |
Continental Indemnity Limited |
East Asian Growth Basket Limited |
Enhanced Global Growth Basket Limited |
Finistere Directors Limited |
German Aktiv Co-op Limited |
German Aktiv GP Limited |
GFT Directors Limited |
Glanmore Property Fund Limited |
Global Investment Basket Limited, The |
Granite Fund Management Limited |
Guernsey Summer Holidays Limited |
Hero Nominees Limited |
Hinoba Holdings Limited |
HVGPE Holdings Limited |
Investec Administration Services Limited |
Investec Gresham II Limited |
Investec Recovery Partners I Limited |
Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited |
ITGL UK Nominees Limited |
Mapex Minerals (BVI) Limited |
Nordic Aktiv Co Op Limited |
Nordic Aktiv GP 2 Limited |
Nordic Aktiv GP Limited |
Optimal Investment Growth Basket Limited |
Osivis Private Capital Limited |
Property Acquisition & Management Limited |
Property Joint Ventures Limited |
Radicle Investment Management Limited |
Regent Brazil Holdings Limited |
Select Industries Management Co Limited |
Synergy Perth Trustee Limited |
The Matterley 130/30 Investment Company Limited |
The Matterley Enhanced Alpha Investment Company Limited |
Current Directorships:
Azincourt Resources Inc. | |
Clearlake Resources Limited | |
Copper Ex Corporation | |
Darwin Property Investment Management (Guernsey) | |
Ferrous Africa Limited | |
Ferrous Benin Limited | |
Ferrum Resources Limited | |
Ferrum Mauritania Limited | |
Global Nickel Corporation | |
Global Tin Corporation | |
GTin San Lourenco Holdings Limited | |
GTin Edem Holdings Limited | |
Gtin Brazil Holdings Limited |
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Guernsey Citizens Advice Bureau LBG |
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H-Gold Corporation |
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Indo Phoenix Coal Limited |
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Kilo Gold Corporation |
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Laurite Limited |
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Milroy Capital Limited |
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Minex Consultants Limited |
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Minfer Holdings Limited |
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Phaunos Timber Fund Limited |
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Premier Asset Management (Guernsey) Limited |
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REE International Inc. |
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Regent Mercantile Bancorp Inc. |
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Regent Mercantile Holdings Limited |
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Regent Mercantile Trustcorp (Pvt) Limited |
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Signet Petroleum Limited |
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Smoke Rise Holdings Limited |
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Tanziron Resources Limited |
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Via Executive Limited |
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Hex Resources Limited |
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Hex Mauritania Limited |
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T-Gold Resources Limited |
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Contacts:
Polo Resources Limited
Neil L. Herbert
Executive Co-Chairman
+ 27 82 404 36 37
Canaccord Genuity Limited
Andrew Chubb / Bhavesh Patel
+ 44 (0) 20 7050 6500
Toronto
James McVicar
Heenan Blaikie LLP
+1 416 643 6903
Blythe Weigh Communications
Tim Blythe
Ana Ribeiro
Matthew Neal
+44 (0) 20 7 138 3204
About the Company
Polo Resources is a natural resources investment company focused on investing in undervalued companies and projects with strong fundamentals and attractive growth prospects. The Company will primarily invest in companies with producing assets and/or resources and reserves that have been verified under internationally recognised reporting standards. For complete details on Polo Resources: www.poloresources.com.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
The AIM Market of London Stock Exchange plc does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential values, the future plans and objectives of Polo Resources Limited. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, achievable or recognizable in the near term.
Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. These and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. Polo Resources Limited assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
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