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Savannah Resources PLC
10 November 2022
10 November 2022
Savannah Resources Plc
(AIM: SAV, FWB: SAV and SWB: SAV) ('Savannah' or the
'Company')
Directorate Change
Appointment of Diogo da Silveira to the Board
Savannah Resources plc, the European lithium development
company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Diogo da
Silveira as independent non-executive director effective from 10
November 2022. On joining the Company Mr da Silveira will become a
member of the Remuneration and Audit and Risk Committees.
Matthew King, Savannah's Chairman said: "I am delighted to
welcome Diogo to the Board. Diogo is a highly experienced business
leader with extensive experience in Portugal and Europe. We look
forward in particular to leveraging his expertise in the primary
industry sector, via his past role with leading Portuguese forestry
operator, Navigator, whose operations faces similar permitting
challenges to mining companies, and in the energy transition
sector, through his role as Chair of Floene Energias. This
appointment reinforces our role in Portugal's vital contribution to
the global transition to renewable energy."
Diogo da Silveira, Savannah's new non-executive director said:
"I am honoured to contribute to Europe's energy self-sufficiency
journey through Savannah's development of lithium resources in
northern Portugal. I hope to bring energy and mobility knowledge,
sustainability experience, Portuguese insights, and European
perspective to the Barroso Lithium Project. I am really excited to
be part of such an important energy transition undertaking at such
a unique time."
Mr Diogo da Silveira, a former McKinsey Partner, is a seasoned
CEO and NED in multiple sectors across Europe. He also has
considerable experience in funds' management, both Private Equity
and Venture Capital. Recently Diogo started several entrepreneurial
initiatives in last mile logistics, real estate, and sports. He is
the Chairman of Floene Energias, the leading Gas DSO in Portugal.
Over the last 20 years, Diogo has been the CEO of several listed
and private companies, namely The Navigator Company, Açoreana
Seguros, ONI telecom, Isoroy, Novis as well as Executive Director
at Sonae Indústria, Sonaecom, ModeloContinente, Sonae Investimentos
and BanifBank. He has been a European NED at Glunz, Tafisa,
Optimus, BanifBank, WeDo and Bizdirect. Diogo was a management
member of several Portuguese industrial associations such as CIP,
APS, Celpa, Cotec and BCSD as well as of European, Brussels based,
CEPI and Worlwide, Geneva based, WBCSD. He also serves the French
Embassy in Portugal as Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur. Diogo is
an Ingénieur from Ecole Centrale de Lille, a research Scholar from
Berkeley and holds an MBA & IDP from INSEAD.
The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two,
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Mr Diogo Antonio da Silveira (a dual Portuguese / French
national residing in Lisbon, Portugal), aged 61, currently holds or
has held the following directorships and partnerships in the last
five years:
Current Directorships / Directorships / Partnerships
Partnerships with the last 5 years
Floene Energias, S.A. The Navigator Company, S.A.
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EZCart sgps Navigator Floresta sgps,S.A.
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Navigator Biomass Energy sgps,
EZCart, S.A. S.A.
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Navigator Pulp Holding sgps,
Solidal, S.A. S.A.
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Shilling Capital Partners, Navigator Paper Holding sgps,
S.A. S.A.
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Navigator Paper Setubal sgps,
Specialpodium sgps, S.A. S.A.
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Navigator Tissue Ródão,
Realpodium, Lda S.A.
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Bestpodium Lisbon sports
agency, Lda Navigator Brands, S.A.
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Sport União Sintrense
S.A.D Ach Brito, S.A.
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Shilling Capital Partners
II, Lda
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Objectivepodium, Lda
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Mr da Silveira does not currently hold any ordinary shares in
the Company.
There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to
paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
Regulatory Information
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it
forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with
the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
**ENDS**
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or contact:
Savannah Resources PLC Tel: +44 20 7117 2489
Dale Ferguson, CEO
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Tel: +44 20 3470 0470
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Finance)
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RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000
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Camarco (Financial PR) Tel: +44 20 3757 4980
Gordon Poole/ Emily Hall
About Savannah
Savannah is the owner of the Barroso Lithium Project, located
close to key infrastructure in Northern Portugal which contains the
most significant spodumene lithium resource in Western Europe.
Following a positive Scoping Study which outlined a conventional
operation producing 175,000t of spodumene concentrate per annum,
Savannah is progressing the development and environmental licencing
of the Barroso Lithium Project.
The Company is listed and regulated on AIM and the Company's
ordinary shares are also available on the Quotation Board of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB) under the symbol FWB: SAV, and the
Börse Stuttgart (SWB) under the ticker "SAV."
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