13th Sep 2005 06:00
SouthernEra Appoints New CEO Shares Issued and Outstanding: 112,279,101 TSX: SDM AIM: SRE TORONTO and LONDON, UK, Sept. 12 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors ofSouthernEra is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Alasdair MacPheeas President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. MacPhee has been acting asinterim President and CEO since July 20, 2005. Dr. Chris Jennings, Chairmanand founder of SouthernEra, said "I am delighted that we have been able tofill this position from within the Company. Alasdair provides the leadershipand experience required to establish SouthernEra as a dominant, fullyintegrated diamond resource company." Alasdair MacPhee, most recently Executive Vice President Africa, joinedSouthernEra in 1997 as a Project Manager to oversee the development andconstruction of Klipspringer Diamond Mining Project, including the Marsfonteinkimberlite pipe, in South Africa. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree inMechanical Engineering from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland and anMBA from the Edinburgh Business School. Mr. MacPhee has 25 years of diamondoperating experience, including 17 years of continuous service within theDe Beers group of companies. SouthernEra Diamonds is Canada's largest fully integrated diamond companywith extensive diamond exploration in six countries including Canada,Australia, Gabon, the DRC, Zimbabwe and South Africa. This represents thefourth most active global diamond exploration program after the majorsDeBeers, BHPB and Rio Tinto. The Company also operates the KlipspringerDiamond Mine in South Africa and maintains an 18 percent free-carried interestin the Camafuca Diamond Project in Angola. For further information: SouthernEra Diamonds Inc., Dr. ChristopherJennings, Chairman, Telephone: (416) 616-9241, Fax: (416) 359-9141, E-mail:inbox(at)southernera.com, www.southernera.com (SRE) ENDSOUTHERNERA DIAMONDS INCRelated Shares:
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