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Retirement of Director
Retirement of Director.
About this update from Goldplat Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\n Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining &\n Exploration\n4 August 2009\n Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')\n Retirement of Director\n\nGoldplat plc, the AIM quoted gold producer, announces that John\nWoolgar, a Non Executive Director, is standing down from the Board\nwith effect from 31st August 2009, in order to devote more time to\nnew projects where he has executive responsibilities.\n\nCommenting on Mr. Woolgar's resignation, Demetri Manolis Goldplat's\nCEO, said \"I would like to thank John for all his efforts on behalf\nof Goldplat, particularly during the flotation of the Company and\nwhile it was establishing its London presence.\"\n\n * * ENDS * *\n\nFor further information visit www.goldplat.com or contact:\n\nDemetri Manolis, CEO Goldplat plc Tel: +27 (0) 11\n 423 1203\nJames Joyce WH Ireland Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20\n 7220 1666\nSarang Shah WH Ireland Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20\n 7220 1666\nBill Sharp Alexander David Securities Tel: +44 (0)20\n Limited 7448 9820\nDavid Scott Alexander David Securities Tel: +44 (0)20\n Limited 7448 9820\nFelicity Edwards St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20\n 7236 1177\nIsabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20\n 7236 1177\n\n\n\nNotes\nGoldplat plc is an AIM-listed gold producer with operations in\nAfrica. Its strategy is to consolidate its position as a gold\nproducer in Africa and build itself into a highly profitable mid-tier\ngold company, leveraged through revenue generated from its gold\nrecovery businesses.\n.\nThe Company has two recovery businesses based in South Africa and\nGhana, which, by safely disposing mining by-products, fulfil an\nimportant aspect of the mines' environmental management programmes.\nThe South African plant is located near the centre of the East Rand\nGoldfield and raw material feedstocks are sourced from many of the\nmajor South African mining companies, including Anglogold Ashanti,\nGoldfields, Harmony, DRD Gold and other smaller producers. The Ghana\nplant, located in the free port of Tema, provides access to raw\nmaterials from mines in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote\nD'Ivorie, Senegal, the DRC and Mauritania, as well as Ghana.\n\nGoldplat's strategy is to build itself into a highly profitable\nmid-tier gold producer, through the acquisition of known deposits\nwith ta...