Amur Minerals Corporation Board Appointment (4885T)
January 06 2017 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4885T
Amur Minerals Corporation
06 January 2017
6 January 2017
Amur Minerals Corporation
("Amur" or "the Company")
Board Appointment
Amur Minerals Corporation (AIM: AMC), the exploration and
development company focused on base metal projects located in the
Far East of Russia, is pleased to announce that the Company has
appointed Mr. Ljupco Naumovski (known as "Lou" or "Louis") to the
Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective 2 January 2017.
Mr. Naumovski has more than three decades of experience working
in Russia, most recently as Vice President and General Director of
the Moscow office for Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross"), the
largest Canadian investor in Russia. He also developed the business
of Visa International, serving as Senior Vice President and General
Manager Visa International Service Organisation (VISA), CEMEA
region. Additionally, he served as Senior Banker and Head of
Mission for the Russian Team of the European Bank of Reconstruction
and Development ("EBRD" or the "Bank") in Moscow. While at EBRD,
the Bank undertook more than half a billion dollars in financing of
various projects, and he represented the Bank when the Russian
Prime Minister's Foreign Investment Advisory Council was first
founded.
His first exposure to Russian government contacts and business
development came as Commercial Secretary for the Canadian Embassy
in Moscow and later Deputy Director for USSR and Eastern Europe for
the Canadian Department of External Affairs and International
Trade.
As Vice President of Kinross, Mr. Naumovski has been responsible
for government relations and business development following
Kinross's acquisition of the Kupol mine in Chukotka. He represented
Kinross on the Executive Committee of Local Representatives of
Prime Minister Putin's Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC),
and also supervised the successful preparation and submission of
applications to the Russian Government Commission on the Control of
Foreign Investments in 2010 and 2011 that led to two approvals for
Kinross' ownership of 100 per cent of strategic gold deposits in
Russia.
Mr. Naumovski was the lead in the development of three Kinross
White Papers for the Russian Government providing approaches to
improving the overall business environment for miners; in 2011:
"Fostering Foreign Investment in Mineral Resource Exploration and
Development in Russia", in 2013: "The Role of Foreign Direct
Investment in the Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Far
East", and in 2014: "Encouraging Subsoil Investment: Geological
Exploration and Mine Development in Russia".
Mr. Naumovski has a BA (Honours) in Economics and Political
Science from the University of Toronto and an MA in International
Relations (specialised in Russian / Soviet affairs) from the Norman
Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in
Ottawa, Canada.
Mr. Naumovski is also currently an Honorary Member of the Board
of Directors of Macedonia 2025, a non-profit international
association of Macedonians in the Diaspora dedicated to supporting
the economic and social development of the Republic of
Macedonia.
Mr. Naumovski is a fluent Russian speaker with an impressive
history of working at the highest levels of the Russian government
and regulatory regimes in the fields of mining, finance and
investment.
Robin Young, CEO of Amur Minerals Corporation, commented:
"It is with pleasure that we welcome the addition of Lou to
Amur. He is a highly qualified and well respected Russian expert,
having started his career in diplomacy and then moving into
finance, business development and mining. Lou's unparalleled
Russia-specific knowledge, contacts, financial experience and
business acumen further enhances the strength of Amur's Board as we
continue with the development of our Kun-Manie nickel project. We
are delighted to have him on board."
Further information in relation to Mr. Ljupco Naumovski is
provided below.
Ljupco Lou Naumovski (known as "Lou" or "Louis"), aged 60,
currently holds or has held the following directorships and
partnerships in the last five years:
Current directorships Previous directorships
and partnerships: and partnerships:
Canada Eurasia Russia Centre of Financial Technologies
Business Association (commonly
known as CERBA) Chukotka Mining and Geological
Company JSC (registered
Canadian Executive Service in Russia as ZAO CGGK)
Organisation (commonly
known as CESO) Chukotka Mining and Geological
Company LTD (registered
The Mining Advisory Council, in Russia as OOO CGGK)
Russia
Macedonia 2025, Main Board
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Mr. Naumovski is currently an honorary director of Macedonia
2025.
Enquiries:
Company Nomad and Broker Public Relations
Amur Minerals Corp. S.P. Angel Yellow Jersey
Corporate Finance
LLP
Robin Young CEO Ewan Leggat Dominic Barretto
Laura Harrison Harriet Jackson
+44 (0) 20 +44 (0) 7544 275
+7 9175 20 34 91 3470 0470 882
For further information, see the Company website at
www.amurminerals.com.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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