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Director Resignation and Appointment of Consultant
Director Resignation and Appointment of Consultant.
About this update from Premier African Minerals Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3228F Premier African Minerals Limited 27 July 2016 \n\nPremier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining\nFor immediate release\n27 July 2016\nPremier African Minerals Limited \n(\"Premier\" or the \"Company\")\nDirector Resignation and Appointment of Consultant\n \nSummary\nPremier African Minerals Limited, the AIM-traded, multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company focused in Southern and Western Africa announces that Ms. Pamela Hueston has resigned as a director of the Company and simultaneously Mr. Russel Swarts has been appointed as a consultant to the Company. The Board extends its thanks and appreciation to Ms. Hueston for her dedication and stewardship over the years and wishes her well with her future endeavours. At the same time, the Company welcomes the appointment of Mr. Swarts as consultant to the Company. \n \nMr. Swarts will provide oversight of the financial management. Russel qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) in 1989, after serving articles with Price Waterhouse in Johannesburg. After leaving the profession in 1991, Russel took up senior financial roles within a number of JSE listed South African companies. Subsequently, Russel was appointed as CEO of the largest specialist telecommunications group in South Africa before taking on a director role at a private equity investment group involved in energy and natural resources. Russel spent five years as CFO of AIM-traded URU Metals Ltd before consulting in his areas of expertise.\n \nRussel has extensive experience in Southern African and international listed entity reporting, rules and regulations, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, specialist financing, strategic planning and group reporting planning and structuring. Russel has been involved in auditing, group reporting, budgeting and forecasting, systems implementations and restructuring.\n \nGeorge Roach, CEO and Chairman commented: \"I'm delighted to welcome Mr. Swarts to the Company. Mr. Swarts brings a wealth of experience which we can draw on as the Company enters into a new phase of development. His appointment will facilitate the consolidation of our accounting function in Southern Africa and in turn generate significant operating ...