Fresnillo PLC — Board/Management Information 2016

Apr 8, 2016

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Fresnillo PLC

08 April 2016

Fresnillo plc

21 Upper Brook Street

London W1K 7PY

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

8 April 2016

Fresnillo plc - Resignation of Non-Executive Director

Fresnillo plc (the "Company") announces that Mr Rafael Mac Gregor has advised the Company that he intends to stand down from the Board with immediate effect due to the time commitment required in his role as a director at Banamex, one of Mexico's largest banks. In addition, he will not stand for re-election at the 2016 annual general meeting of the Company, which will be held on Tuesday 3 May 2016. 

Fresnillo plc Chairman Alberto Baillères said: "I should like to take this opportunity to thank Rafael for his significant contribution to the Board and to the Committee on which he has served in recent years. His wisdom and support has been invaluable."

For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:

Fresnillo plc            London Office                                   Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations Floriana Michalowska	Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470
Mexico City Office Ana Belem Zárate	Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206
Bell Pottinger Daniel Thöle Aarti Iyer	Tel: +44 (0)20 3772 2500

About Fresnillo plc

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.

Fresnillo plc has six operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1 and Noche Buena, two development projects - San Julián and the Pyrites plant, and four advanced exploration prospects - Orisyvo, Juanicipio, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas and Centauro Deep, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo plc has mining concessions covering approximately 2 million hectares in Mexico.

Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver.

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and 750,000 ounces of gold by 2018.

1 Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

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