Alba Mineral Resrcs. - Corporate Update, Board & Personnel Changes
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Alba Mineral Resources PLC
26 August 2025
26 August 2025
Alba Mineral Resources Plc
("Alba" or the "Company")
Corporate Update
Board and Personnel Changes
Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA) is pleased to announce the appointment of the following Board and
personnel changes.
Mark Austin
Mark Austin, the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Senior Geologist since October 2020, has stepped down
from that position. To ensure that the Company will continue to benefit from his extensive experience during the
transitional period, Mr Austin will join the Alba Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September
2025 on an initial fixed term of six months, renewable by mutual consent.
Appointment of Principal Geologist
Dr Curtis Rooks will join the Company as Principal Geologist with effect from 1 October 2025. Dr Rooks obtained
his PhD, which was funded by Elemental Rare Metals Ltd (the licence holder of the Motzfeldt Project), from the
University of St Andrews, Scotland.
The subject of his doctoral thesis was
"Controls on Rare Earth
Mineralisation in Magmatic Roof-Zones, Motzfeldt, Southern Greenland". Dr Rooks worked closely with
Elemental in the period 2021-25 and led the field programme which was successfully undertaken at Motzfeldt this
summer.
Dr Rooks' work at Motzfeldt has focused on the economic and petrological importance of late-stage hydrothermal
processes when forming REE deposits in alkaline silicate systems. It is his work that has established the Merino
Prospect at Motzfeldt as a potential second large-scale multi-element target alongside the Aries deposit. He is an
experienced field geologist, familiar with working in Arctic and sub-Arctic locations, with several field seasons
completed across Arctic Norway and Greenland.
George Frangeskides, Executive Chairman, commented:
"Mark has been instrumental in the stewardship of Alba's projects during the past five years, most notably at the
Clogau Gold Mine. During that time, he has managed the main underground and surface drilling programmes,
the Habitat Regulations Assessment of the Mine and various other in-mine and regional exploration programmes,
as well as the most extensive rehabilitation and safety programme seen at Clogau in many decades. We are
delighted that he will remain closely connected with Alba and Clogau as a Non-Executive Director, ensuring both
a smooth transition for the technical team and that we will continue to benefit from his deep knowledge of the mine
and operational matters.
"Curtis is a highly regarded geologist and a leading authority on the geology and mineralisation at Motzfeldt,
having spent much of the past four years working on the project. We are delighted he has agreed to join the Alba
team. The focus of Curtis's attention will initially be on our critical metals projects, Motzfeldt and Finnsbo, while
Clogau, which is in more of an operational phase, will continue to be managed by Dr Peter Bolt, the Chief Mining
Engineer for the Mine. Peter has been playing an increasingly more significant role at the Mine in readiness for
the formal handover of responsibilities from Mark.
"With these changes, we continue to ensure that Alba will have access to the mix of skills and experience needed to
drive our project portfolio forward."
AdditionalDisclosures
The following information regarding the appointment of Mark Austin, aged 67, is disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of
the AIM Rules for Companies:
Current directorships and/or partnerships:
Former directorships and/or partnerships (within
the last five years):
GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc
N/A
GreenRoc Graphite Limited
White Eagle Resources Limited
White Fox Resources Limited
Mr Austin has a beneficial interest in 7,857,143 ordinary shares of the Company. Mr Austin has previously been
granted 60m EMI share options over the Company's ordinary shares, with an exercise price of 0.16 pence per share
and an expiration date of 28 August 2030.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the Directors of
the Company are responsible for the release of this announcement.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or anticipated future events and anticipated
results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as general
economic, market, financial and business conditions, competition for and availability of qualified staff and contractors,
regulatory processes and actions, technical issues, new legislation, uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes
in plans, uncertainties resulting from working in a new political jurisdiction, uncertainties regarding the results of
exploration, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of prospecting rights, uncertainties regarding the timing and
granting of regulatory and other third party consents and approvals, uncertainties regarding the Company's or any third
party's ability to finance, execute and implement future plans and programmes, and the occurrence of unexpected events.
Actual results achieved may vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks
and uncertainties and other factors.
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Alba Mineral Resources plc
+44 20 3950 0725
George Frangeskides, Executive Chairman
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nomad)
+44 20 3368 3555
Andrew Emmott
CMC Markets plc (Broker)
+44 20 3003 8632
Thomas Smith / Douglas Crippen
Alba's Projects & Investments
Projects Operated by Alba
Location
Ownership
Clogau (gold)
Wales
100%
Dolgellau Gold Exploration (gold)
Wales
100%
Gwynfynydd (gold)
Wales
100%
Investments Held by Alba
Location
Ownership
Greenland
26.15%
Horse Hill (oil)
England
11.765%
Earn-in Projects
Location
Earn-in Rights
Finnsbo (rare earths, copper, gold)
Sweden
Up to 100%
Optioned Projects
Location
Further details
Norrby (gold, other metals)
Sweden
RNS 6/11/24
Glava (copper, gold)
Sweden
RNS 6/11/24
GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (graphite anode)
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