Mincon Group Plc Director Appointment (8328R)
14 December 2016 - 9:30PM
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RNS Number : 8328R
Mincon Group Plc
14 December 2016
14 December 2016
MINCON GROUP PLC
("Mincon" or the "Company")
Director Appointment
Mincon (ESM:MIO AIM:MCON), the Irish engineering group
specialising in the design, manufacture, sale and servicing of rock
drilling tools and associated products, announces the appointment
of Hugh McCullough (age 66) as a non-executive director of the
company with immediate effect. Mr McCullough has also assumed the
position of senior independent director of the board.
Mr McCullough has over 40 years' experience in gold and base
metal exploration, principally in Ireland, Ghana and Mali. Having
previously worked as a project geologist, in 1982 he became chief
executive of Glencar Mining plc. Mr. McCullough was responsible for
the management, financing and strategy of Glencar for over 27 years
until it was acquired by Gold Fields Limited in September 2009. Mr
McCullough currently serves as a director on the board of Papua
Mining plc, an exploration company with projects in Papua New
Guinea and which trades on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange.
Mr. McCullough is a professional geologist and holds an Honours
degree in geology from University College Dublin and the degree of
Barrister-at-Law from the King's Inns, Dublin. In 1994 he was
appointed by the then Irish Minister for Energy to the National
Minerals Policy Review Group to review Irish Minerals Policy and to
make recommendations to the Minister for the reform of the fiscal
and regulatory policy for the mining industry in Ireland.
Padraig McManus, Chairman of Mincon, commented: "I am delighted
to welcome Hugh to the Board of Mincon. He brings immense industry
experience at a senior level with his background in the mining
sector and this experience will be of great benefit to the Company
as it continues to grow and develop."
For further information,
please contact:
Mincon Group plc
Joe Purcell, Chief Tel: + 353 (61) 361 099
Executive Officer
Davy Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser
and ESM Adviser)
Anthony Farrell Tel: +353 (1) 679 6363
Daragh O'Reilly
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Mr Hugh Martin McCullough holds no shares in Mincon, and, other
than as set out below, there is no further information to be
disclosed under schedule 2(g) and Rule 17 of the AIM and ESM Rules
in respect of Mr McCullough's appointment as a Non-Executive
Director.
Mr McCullough is, or has been, a director of the following
companies during the previous five years:
Current Directorships: Previous Directorships:
Papua Mining plc -
Ghalu Limited
ENDS
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