Board Changes African Eagle Resources plc Incorporated in England and Wales (Registration number 3912362) (AIM share code: AFE AIM ISIN: GB0003394813) (JSE share code: AEA JSE ISIN: GB0003394813) (“African Eagle” or the “Company”) Board Changes Further to the announcement of 9 April 2014, African Eagle announces the appointment of Mr Nicholas Antony Clarke (Nick Clarke) (aged 53) and Mr Orikolade Adebayo Karim (Kola Karim) (aged 45) to the board of African Eagle (“Board”) with immediate effect. In addition, Robert McLearon, who is currently the Managing Director of African Eagle will step down as Managing Director and assume the position of Finance Director with immediate effect. Kola Karim, who has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of African Eagle, is the CEO and controlling shareholder of Shoreline Energy International Limited, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests that span oil and gas, power, engineering, infrastructure and construction across sub- Saharan Africa. Kola went to City University, has attended Leicester University MBA programme, he also attended Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2008. The following table sets out the names of all companies and partnerships of which Kola Karim has been a director or partner at any time in the previous five years:- Current Directorships / Partnerships Directorships / Partnerships in the last 5 years Shoreline Building Services Limited Askar Paints Nigeria Limited Shoreline Power Company Limited Alumaco Nigeria Plc Fortis Construction Company Limited Equestrian Company Limited CWA Furniture & Joinery Limited CWA Homes Limited Industrial and Mechanical Services Limited Shoreline Electrical Systems Limited Shoreline Oil Services Limited Stonebrand International Limited L.D’Alberto & Co Ltd Agbara Shoreline Company Limited Davof Technical Services Limited Koda Trading Company Limited Satellite Communication and Industrial Technical Limited Double Platform Infrastructural Limited Davof Trading Company (Nigeria) Limited Schlumberger Testing and Production Services Nigeria Limited Fortis Ghana Limited Shoreline Natural Resources SPV1 Limited Shoreline Power Company SPV1 Limited Hermosa Management Company Limited Vanguard Life Assurance Limited Seven Seven Market Limited Arden House Residents Company Limited Shoreline Energy International Limited Costain (West Africa)Plc Nigerian Ropes Plc Shoreline Natural Resources Limited Trans Amadi Facilities Limited A G Leventis (Nigeria) Plc EcoBank Nigeria Limited Agbara Shoreline Power Limited Shoreline Energy International Limited currently holds 140,937,440 ordinary shares in the issued share capital of African Eagle representing approximately 16.18 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Kola Karim owns 90 per cent. of the issued share capital of Shoreline Energy International Limited and is also the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Nick Clarke, who has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of African Eagle, went to Camborne School of Mines graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Mining. He is a successful entrepreneur having founded and sold a carbon trading business and a natural gas trading company and has made numerous investments in the mining sector as well as investments in other sectors. He has more than thirty years’ experience in natural resources and related industries. The following table sets out the names of all companies and partnerships of which Nick Clarke has been a director or partner at any time in the previous five years:- Current Directorships / Partnerships Directorships / Partnerships in the last 5 years Salkeld Investments Limited (England and Wales) Grendahl Investment Limited (England and Brackenwood Polo Limited (England and Wales) Wales) Blackdown Resources (UK) Ltd (England and Wales) Carbon Resource Management Ltd (England Interalloys Trading Limited (England and Wales) and Wales) Interalloys Limited (England and Wales) Treliver Minerals Ltd (England and Wales) Smarta Enterprises Limited (England and Wales) Blackdown Minerals Limited (England and Wales) Twigg Minerals Limited (England and Wales) Twigg Resources Limited (England and Wales) Twigg Gold Ltd (Tanzania) W.G.Exploration Ltd (Tanzania) Kiokote Exploration Ltd (Tanzania) Twigg Minerals Ltd (Tanzania) Tanzania Nickel Holdings Limited (BVI) Nick Clarke currently holds 87,119,892 ordinary shares in the issued share capital of African Eagle representing approximately 10 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company through his wholly owned company Salkeld Investments Limited. There are no further disclosures to be made under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Robert McLearon, Finance Director commented “I am delighted to welcome Nick and Kola to the Board and believe that their proven entrepreneurial skills, enthusiasm and experience in Africa and natural resources will, in time, result in value enhancing transactions for the benefit of shareholders.” Given that the Board comprises only three directors it has been decided that until such point as further non-executive directors are appointed the Audit and Remuneration Committees will comprise all three directors. It is hoped that further non-executive directors will be appointed in due course and that they will take on the responsibilities of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Mr Kola Karim will chair the Remuneration Committee and Mr Robert McLearon will chair the Audit Committee. For further information please visit www.africaneagle.co.uk or contact the following: Enquiries: African Eagle Resources plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7002 5361 Robert McLearon, Finance Director Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser) Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396 Roland Cornish Emily Staples Pareto Securities Limited (Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7786 4370 Guy Wilkes JSE Sponsor Merchantec Capital 30 May 2014 About African Eagle African Eagle Resources plc is quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange (AFE) and Johannesburg AltX (AEA) stock exchanges. Date: 30/05/2014 05:30:00 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. 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