KODAL MINERALS PLC

Board/Management Information • Mar 19, 2014

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Kodal Minerals PLC

19 March 2014

19 March 2014

Kodal Minerals plc

("Kodal Minerals" or the "Company")

Appointment of non-executive director

Kodal Minerals is pleased to announce the appointment of Markus Ekberg to the Board of the Company as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Markus Ekberg has nearly 30 years experience in the management and construction of mines and mining projects, particularly with projects involving base metals, gold and chromium. His experience covers participation in various projects in Finland, Norway, Ireland and Australia. Since, 2009 he has been the CEO of Endomines AB, a company listed on NASDAQ OMX in Helsinki and Stockholm, which owns a producing gold mine in Finland.

Luke Robert Bryan, CEO, commented:

"We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Ekberg to the Board and believe that we will benefit from his broad experience in mining and exploration in the Nordic region."

Mr Ekberg is a director and 50% shareholder of Tetra Minerals Oy ("Tetra") which holds 250,000,000 ordinary shares in Kodal Minerals, representing approximately 32.46% of the issued share capital, and has been appointed as a representative of Tetra. 

Karl Markus Lennart Ekberg, age 56, is or has been a director of the following companies in the past 5 years:

Current directorships or partnerships:

Tetra Minerals Oy

Karelian Resource Services Oy

Endomines Oy

Kalvinit Oy

Former directorships or partnerships (less than 5 years):

Kodal Phosphate AS

Outokumpu Mining Oy*

Kuovila Limestone Oy

Finn Nickel Oy**

Hitura Mining Oy***

*Mr. Ekberg was a former "prokura" of Outokumpu Mining Oy

**Mr. Ekberg was a former "prokura" and a substitute for the Managing Director in Finn Nickel Oy

***Mr. Ekberg was a former "prokura" and Managing Director

"prokura" is a Finnish term which means right to sign on behalf of the company.

Contact details:

Kodal Minerals plc Luke Bryan, CEO	Tel: 020 3463 2260
Allenby Capital Limited, Nominated Adviser Jeremy Porter/Nick Harriss	Tel: 020 3328 5656
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP, Financial Adviser & Broker John Mackay/Laura Littley	Tel: 020 3463 2260

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