Amur Minerals Corporation Directorate Change (1229K)

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Amur Minerals Corporation

19 September 2016

19 September 2016

Amur Minerals Corporation

("Amur" or "the Company")

Board Appointment

Amur Minerals Corporation (AIM: AMC) is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Mr. Paul Gazzard to the Board as a Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect.

Paul, who has acted as an external adviser to Amur for four years, joins the Board with over 10 years of experience working across large institutions in the City of London in his role as a Fund Manager.

Working with the Panmure Gordon Asset Management team until August 2002, he then transitioned into the commercial financing sector. Between August 2002 and May 2010, Paul participated in the listing of three Australian technology companies on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM"), operating at the senior Executive level within each of the companies. Paul subsequently worked as Chief Operating Officer of Litebulb Group, which was admitted to AIM in May 2010, overseeing multiple funding rounds and acquisitions for the company over a period of two years.

Since then, Paul has worked as a consultant across various AIM listed companies, advising on corporate and financing related matters, in addition to working as an adviser to a number of high net worth individuals on specific corporate and management issues related to their investment portfolios.

Robin Young, CEO of Amur Minerals Corporation, commented:

"With pleasure, we welcome the addition of Paul to Amur; a highly experienced and London focused capital markets specialist. Having acted as an advisor for Amur, he is familiar with our future plans to develop Kun-Manie into a profitable nickel operation and will enhance our abilities for fund raising and financing activities. With his diversified experience and broader insight of the international markets, he will provide an excellent complementary skills set to the Company."

Further information in relation to Mr. Paul Gazzard is provided below.

Paul Terence Gazzard, aged 44, currently holds or has held the following directorships and partnerships in the last five years:

 
 Current Directorships:      Past Directorships: 
 FINSA Europe Ltd            FINSA Pty Ltd 
  FINSA Investment Limited    Greenhouse Advisor Limited 
  FINSA Services (UK) Ltd     ITF Global Limited 
  Product Station Limited     Litebulb Corporate Limited 
                              STB Tablets Ltd 
                              TNKP LLP 
 

Paul currently holds options over 338,000 new ordinary shares in Amur which are exercisable at a price of 26.25p per share and expire on 27 July 2020.

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       [phone] 
   [phone]          3470 0470              882 
 

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