RNS Number:4049R
Central African Mining&Exploration
29 October 2003



           Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc ('CAMEC')

               EX SENIOR EXECUTIVE AT LONRHO JOINS CAMEC'S BOARD

Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc, the AIM listed fully
integrated exploration, mining, trading and investment company, has appointed
Malcolm Richard Wilson (58) as a new executive director.

Mr Wilson has an extensive track record at executive level and considerable
experience with African companies. In his 18-year tenure, he rose to chief
executive officer & group managing director of Lonrho Properties & Construction
Africa Ltd, within the multi national conglomerate Lonrho plc, with interests in
sectors including mining, hotels and motor distribution. He has also held
directorship positions with DuPont Fabros Development LLC, a Washington DC based
development and construction firm and Matrix Projects (Pty) Ltd, a developer of
major retail malls in South Africa.

Mr Wilson currently holds directorships as follows:

Dalton Ventures LLC (Country of incorporation: USA)
Eden Ventures LLC (Country of incorporation: USA)
Synthesis Projects (Pty) Ltd

In addition to those directorships mentioned above, Mr Wilson's past
directorships (in the five years prior to his appointment at CAMEC) were as
follows:

Lonrho Africa Properties
Construction Associates Zimbabwe
Lonhro Properties Kenya

CAMEC Chairman Phil Edmonds said: "Malcolm is an internationally experienced
senior level engineer and business executive who has a proven track record of
significantly growing businesses and delivering results to shareholders. He will
help us to continue our expansion strategy of pursing value added projects and
achieve our vision of developing CAMEC into a substantial and fully integrated
exploration, mining, trading and investment company. Furthermore, he has
demonstrated his confidence in the team by undertaking to make a #210,000
investment in the Company at 5p per New Ordinary Share."

There is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of the above
individual pursuant to schedule two paragraph (f) of the AIM Rules.

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Issued on behalf of CAMEC by St Brides Media & Finance Ltd, 46 Bedford Row,
London WC1R 4LR.

Contacts:

Phil Edmonds       CAMEC                        Tel: 07785 242 381

Hugo de Salis      St Brides Media & Finance    Tel: 020 7242 4477




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