Gem Diamonds Limited Appointment of Non-Executive Director (9767D)
July 01 2019 - 1:05AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMGEMD
RNS Number : 9767D
Gem Diamonds Limited
01 July 2019
1 July 2019
GEM DIAMONDS LIMITED
("Gem Diamonds" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) is pleased to announce the appointment
of Ms Mazvi Maharasoa as a Non-Executive Director. Ms Maharasoa's
appointment will take effect from 1 July 2019.
Ms Maharasoa has over 20 years' of senior management experience
of which 10 years were spent in the mining sector with her
appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of Letšeng Diamonds
(Pty) Ltd (2009 to 2017) following serving for two years as its
Resident Director (2007 to 2009). Ms Maharasoa was also the Founder
and President of the Lesotho Chamber of Mines (2016). Prior to Ms
Maharasoa's involvement in the mining sector, she worked in the
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Central Bank of Lesotho,
where she was the senior legal counsel for each of these
entities.
Harry Kenyon-Slaney, Chairman of Gem Diamonds, commented
"We are delighted to welcome Mazvi Maharasoa to the Board of Gem
Diamonds and are confident that her skills and experience in the
fields of mining and resources and corporate governance will add
great value to the Board."
Ms Maharasoa holds an LLM (International and Commercial Law)
from the University of Buckingham (UK) (1997). Ms Maharasoa is
currently a Non-Executive Director of Stanlib Lesotho (Pty) Ltd and
Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Lesotho. She has also
established an advisory firm that specializes in corporate
governance practice and advice.
No other information in connection with Ms M Maharasoa's
appointment is required to be disclosed pursuant to LR 9.6.13R.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
The Gem Diamonds Limited LEI number is 213800RC2PGGMZQG8L67.
For further information:
Gem Diamonds
Susan Wallace, Company Secretarial department
ir@gemdiamonds.com
Celicourt Communications
Mark Antelme / Jimmy Lea
Tel: +44 (0) 207 520 9261
About Gem Diamonds:
Gem Diamonds is a leading global diamond producer of high value
diamonds. The Company owns 70% of the Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The
Letšeng mine is famous for the production of large, top colour,
exceptional white diamonds, making it the highest dollar per carat
kimberlite diamond mine in the world. www.gemdiamonds.com
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