3 November
2017
Altona Energy
Plc
(“Altona” or the “Company”)
Director
Appointment
Altona is pleased to announce that Henry
Kloepper has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of
the Company with immediate effect.
Mr Kloepper is Executive Chairman of URU Metals Limited, a base
metals and uranium explorer and development company. He is also the
Chief Executive Officer of Captor Capital Corporation (formally NWT
Uranium Corp.) which is that company’s largest shareholder. Until
February this year, he was non-board CEO of Frontier Lithium Inc.,
which is developing a world-class lithium deposit in northwestern
Ontario.Mr. Kloepper has worked in investment banking and
structured finance throughout a 30 year career. He has held
executive positions with JP Morgan, Citibank, Bank of America, and
North American Trust, in Canada,
the US and Europe. Further
information on Mr Kloepper as required by the AIM Rules for
Companies is set out at the end of this announcement.
Mr Qinfu Zhang, Executive Chairman of Altona, commented,
“We are delighted to welcome Henry to the board, bringing his
wealth of experience in the resources sector. We look forward to
working closely with him during this exciting next phase of the
Company’s development.”
Further information on Mr
Kloepper:
Henry Josef Kloepper, aged 67, is
or has been in the last five years a director of the following
companies:
Current Directorships |
Directorships in the last 5
years |
URU Metals
Limited |
Gilla Inc. |
Captor Capital Corporation (formerly
NWT Uranium Corporation) |
Pacific Software Inc |
Kure Technologies, Inc (formerly
Unique Broadband Systems Inc) |
DealNet Capital Corp. |
SoFit Mobile Inc (formerly
InterAmerican Gaming Inc) |
Primaria Capital (Canada) Ltd |
2249872 Ontario Limited |
A.C. Simmonds & Sons Inc |
Live Reel Media Corporation |
|
District Canada Inc |
|
Abacus Capital Corporation |
|
There is no further information on Mr Kloepper to be disclosed
under Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
-ends-
For further information, please visit www.altonaenergy.com or
contact:
Altona Energy
plc
Qinfu Zhang, Executive Chairman |
+44 (0)7555 679
245 |
Leander (Financial
PR)
Christian Taylor- Wilkinson |
+44 (0)7795 168
157 |
Northland Capital
Partners Ltd (Nomad and Broker)
Matthew Johnson / Gerry Beaney (Corporate Finance)
John Howes (Corporate Broking)
|
+44 (0)203 861
6625 |
About Altona
Altona is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM
market. Its principal focus is on the evaluation and
development of the Company’s flagship Arckaringa Project to exploit
the significant coal resources contained in three exploration
licences covering 2,500 sq. kms in the northern portion of the
Permian Arckaringa Basin in South Australia. The Project is
designed to produce syngas products for the Australian market and
export from a resource exceeding 7.8 billion tonnes of coal (1.3
billion tonnes JORC compliant).