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Stratex International Plc
('Stratex' or 'the Company')
Confirmation of Interim CEO Appointment
Stratex, the AIM-quoted gold exploration and development company, announces that further to the announcement dated 8 November 2017 and completion of standard regulatory due diligence, Dr Bob Foster has been appointed to the Board of Stratex as interim CEO with immediate effect.
Bob Foster has over 40 years’ experience as a professional economic geologist in exploration, mining, and applied academic posts, and has particular expertise in the genesis of and exploration for gold deposits, having worked in Europe, Central Asia, North and South America, and throughout Africa. Following ten years in the mining industry in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) he joined Southampton University in 1984 where he subsequently devoted more than 15 years to lecturing and managing a large applied research group investigating ore-forming processes and mineral exploration strategies on regional and area scales and within operating mines. He has published numerous scientific and technical papers and has been an invited keynote speaker at many international scientific and technical conferences around the world
During his time at Southampton University he also undertook numerous consultancy projects with major and junior mining companies and was a founding member of the management team of Pan-African Mining Pvt Ltd that developed the open pit Ayrshire gold mine in Zimbabwe in 1991-1996. He also directed a major gold exploration programme for associated company Pan-Reef Mining in Zimbabwe during 1994-1996. From 1998 until 2004 he was Minerals Manager for consultancy group Exploration Consultants Ltd. Bob co-founded Stratex in 2004 and was formerly CEO until September 2016.
Further details on Dr Bob Foster
Robert Peter Foster (aged 69) is, or has been, a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships during the past five years:
Current directorships and partnerships |
Past directorships and partnerships |
Equator Gold Limited |
Stratex Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi |
Bob Foster & Associates Ltd |
Altintepe Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Ground Truth Ltd |
Goldstone Resources Limited |
Ground Modelling Technologies Ltd |
Stratex Gold AG |
Resource Exploration and Development (Pty) Ltd |
Stratex West Africa Limited |
Rockover Resources Ltd |
Stratex Exploration Limited |
Rovuma Holdings Ltd |
Stratex International Plc |
Rockover Mozambique Limitada |
Tembo Gold Corp. |
Rovuma Resources Ltd |
Muratdere Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Rovuma Resources Limitada |
Stratex East Africa Limited |
Cabo Delgado Exploration Limited |
Oksut Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
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Tasifye Halinde NS Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (formerly NS Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi) |
Bob Foster has a beneficial interest in 7,719,404 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”), representing 1.65 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company. Bob Foster also holds options over 5,003,577 Ordinary Shares.
There is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of the above appointment pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
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For further information please visit www.stratexinternational.com, @StratexPLC on Twitter, email [email protected], or contact:
Stratex International Plc |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7830 9650 |
Bob Foster / Claire Bay
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Grant Thornton UK LLP |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 5100 |
Samantha Harrison / Daniel Bush
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Hannam & Partners |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7907 8500 |
Neil Passmore / Andrew Chubb
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Camarco |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4980 |
Gordon Poole / Nick Hennis / Monique Perks |
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The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014.
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