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KBO - Kibo Mining Plc - Appointment of Director

Release Date: 08/06/2011 09:12
Code(s): KBO
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KBO - Kibo Mining Plc - Appointment of Director Kibo Mining Plc (Incorporated in Ireland) (Registration Number: 451931) (External registration number: 2011/007371/10) Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO Share code on the AIM: KIBO ISIN: IE00B61XQX41 ("Kibo" or "the Company") Appointment of Director Kibo Mining plc ("Kibo" or the "Company") (AIM: KIBO, JSE: KBO) the mineral exploration and development company focused on gold and nickel projects in Tanzania, is pleased to announce the appointment of Wenzel Kerremans as Non- Executive Director of Kibo. Commenting on the appointment, Noel O`Keeffe, CEO of the Company said: "I welcome Wenzel`s appointment to the Board and I know his extensive mining, legal and financial experience of working in Africa make him a valuable addition. I look forward to working with him as we advance exploration and development of our assets in Tanzania and evaluate other mineral project acquisition opportunities in Africa." Christian Schaffalitzky, Kibo`s Chairman added: "Following our acquisition of Morogoro Gold Limited, the recently completed dual listing on the JSE and the placing in South Africa, the appointment of Wenzel marks another step in the corporate re-organisation of Kibo to place it at the centre of African mineral exploration. Wenzel`s experience will strengthen our Board as we endeavour to unlock the value in our large mineral project portfolio in Tanzania." The New Director Details of the new Director are set out below: Wenzel Kerremans aged 53, B.Proc, LLB, LLM (Banking & Stock Exchange law), Adv. Dip. International Tax, Non-executive Director. Wenzel Kerremans is a lawyer by profession with over 25 years international legal experience in mining, banking, project finance and international tax, advising clients who have invested in exploration and mining projects in Africa. He has also originated and successfully sold Veremo Holdings Limited a billion ton titaneferous magnetite exploration project, for the production of iron and titanium slag. Wenzel is currently a principal and a director of a gold, graphite and coal exploration project in Africa. The following are details of all current and former directorships in the previous five years held by Wenzel Kerremans: Full Name: Wenzel Johan Konstant Kerremans Current Directorships Former Directorships Barold Exploration(Proprietary) Changing Tides 341 (Proprietary) Limited Limited Straightprops 25 (Proprietary) Duikerskrans Resources (Proprietary) Limited Limited Magenta Consulting(Proprietary) Greenbird Recycling (Proprietary) Limited Limited Cool Ideas 180 (Proprietary) Paardekloof Resources (Proprietary) Limited Limited Sweet Sensation 100 The African Business and Tax Institute (Proprietary) Limited (Proprietary) Limited Touch Base Trading 7 (Proprietary) Limited Rapid Dawn 265 (Proprietary) Limited Veremo Holdings Limited Veremo Industries (Proprietary) Limited
Veremo Mining (Proprietary) Limited Wenzel Kerremans has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company dated 7 June 2011. The Company has agreed a fee of GBP3,000 per quarter and has issued Wenzel options over 1.5 million Kibo Shares exercisable at an option price of GBP0.0388 up to 31 March 2016. There are no further details to be disclosed under Rule 17 schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules in relation to Wenzel Kerremans. Company Profile Kibo holds interests in two resource based gold projects, Itetemia and Luhala, with a combined JORC resource of 534,000 ounces gold in the Lake Victoria Goldfields of northern Tanzania. In this region, it also holds interest in an early stage mineral licence portfolio, the Lake Victoria project, which comprises large areas of gold prospective geology close to producing gold mines, advanced development projects and historic gold showings. Further south in Tanzania, Kibo`s Morogoro project comprises a large mineral licence portfolio in the newly emerging gold areas of south and eastern Tanzania while its early stage nickel-PGM project, Haneti, is located just north of Tanzania`s capital Dodoma in central Tanzania. More details of the Company`s projects are shown on its website. The Company is commencing its 2011 field exploration programmes and will provide results updates as they become available. Enquiries: Noel +353 91 384562 Kibo Mining plc Chief Executive O`Keeffe Officer John 020 7776 6550 Daniel Stewart & Company Plc Nominated Adviser Simpson Andrew +27 83 44 083 65 River Group Designated Adviser Lianos - JSE Fiona 020 7448 9820 Alexander David Securities Joint Broker Kinghorn Limited Anthony 020 7628 1128 Loeb Aron & Company Limited Joint Broker Kluk Updates on the Company`s activities are regularly posted on its website www.kibomining.com Pretoria 08 June 2011 Designated and Corporate Advisor River Group Date: 08/06/2011 09:12:19 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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