China Africa Resources plc announced that due to personal commitments, Mr. Shao Yi has resigned as non-executive Chairman of the Company with immediate effect. Mr. Xu Jianrong, currently a non-executive director of the Company, has taken up the role of Chairman. The company advises that Mr. Xie Xingnan has been appointed to the board of directors as a non-executive director with immediate effect, following the resignation of Mr. Shao, as a representative of East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau.

Mr. Xie worked for more than ten years in the exploration business and is currently Deputy Director General of East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau (ECE) and a director of East China Non-Ferrous Metals Investment Holding Co. Ltd, East China Non-Ferrous Metal Construction Groups and Hong Kong East China Non-Ferrous International Mineral Development Co. Ltd. During the past five years, Mr. Xie also held a directorship of Hong Kong ECE Weatherly Investment Co.

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