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Meridian Announces Appointment of New Independent Director
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / October 10, 2023 / Meridian Mining UK S (TSX:MNO)(OTCQX:MRRDF)(Frankfur...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Meridian Announces Appointment of New Independent Director LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / October 10, 2023 / Meridian Mining UK S (TSX:MNO)(OTCQX:MRRDF)(Frankfurt/Tradegate:2MM) (\"Meridian\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Neil Gregson as a new independent director to the Board of Directors (the \"Board\"), with immediate effect.Mr. Gregson has over 30 years' experience of investing in mining and oil and gas companies. From 2010 to 2020 he was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management where, as a member of the equity team, he was a portfolio manager investing in mining and energy companies globally. Prior to that, from 1990 to 2009 he was Head of Emerging Markets and Related Sector Funds (including natural resource funds) at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Mr. Gregson previously held various positions at mining companies, including a role as a mining investment analyst at Gold Fields of South Africa. Mr. Gregson has a BSc (Hons) Mining Engineering from Nottingham University. He became an associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research of London in 1994. He holds a Diploma in Business Management from Damelin College, Johannesburg (1988) and a Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, South Africa (1985). Mr. Gregson, who is based in the UK, is also a director of Atalaya Mining Plc and Uranium Royalty Corp.Ms. Susanne Sesselmann, Interim Independent Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company, comments: \"The Board and Management of Meridian is delighted to welcome Mr. Neil Gregson in its Team as new Independent Director. Neil's background as a mining engineer, in combination with his broad experience in financing and managing natural resources projects worldwide will strongly contribute to the further development of Meridian's flagship Cabaçal and its exploration assets, whilst at the same time strengthening Meridian's visibility at the European investor markets\".The Company also announces that effective October 6, 2023, the Company's ISIN has changed to GB00BR3SVZ18. Concurrently, the Company's CUSIP has also changed to G60187 138. The change is due to the Company's 2017 change in jurisdiction from the Netherlands to United Kingdom, which resulted in the Company's previous ISIN and CUSIP numbers issued by the Netherlands recently becoming inactive. There is no chan...