21st Jul 2005 06:00
SouthernEra's President and CEO Resigns Shares Issued and Outstanding: 102,066,601 TSX: SDM AIM: SRE TORONTO and LONDON, July 20 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of SouthernEraDiamonds Inc. today announced with regret the resignation of the Company'sPresident and CEO, Mr. Patrick Evans. Mr. Alasdair MacPhee, Executive Vice President of the Company, has beenappointed to the position of acting President and CEO and will remain in thisposition until the Company has completed a comprehensive internal and externalsearch for a successor to Mr. Evans. Alasdair MacPhee holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engineeringfrom Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland and an MBA. He has twenty fiveyears of diamond operating experience. He had 17 years of continuous servicewithin the De Beers group of companies, in various operations and projectmanagement positions. His last position with De Beers was as TechnicalServices Manager of Jwaneng mine, one of Botswana's premier diamond producers.He joined SouthernEra in 1997 as a Project Manager and now holds the positionof Executive Vice President. Mr. Evans has served as President and CEO since 2001. Prior to that, hewas a non-executive director of the Company and following his resignation hewill resume the role of a non-executive director of SouthernEra Diamonds Inc. The Chairman of the Board Dr. Christopher Jennings commented: "The Boardof Directors would like to thank Mr. Evans for his tireless efforts andcontributions to SouthernEra as President and CEO and look forward to hiscontinued contributions on the Board." 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: please contact SouthernEra Diamonds Inc., Dr. Christopher Jennings, Chairman, Telephone: (416) 359-9282,Fax: (416) 359-9141, E-mail: inbox(at)southernera.com, www.southernera.com (SRE) ENDSOUTHERNERA DIAMONDS INCRelated Shares:
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