Red Leopard Holdings PLC Appointment of Director (6223G)

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Red Leopard Holdings PLC

31 May 2017

7.00am 31 May 2017

Red Leopard Holdings Plc

("Red Leopard" or the "Company")

Appointment of Director

Red Leopard is pleased to announce that Mr Thomas Hoyer has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Thomas, aged 42, is a graduate in economics from the Swedish School of Economics and has had an international career within different industries in Europe and Africa. Since 2008, his professional focus has been on the natural resources sector, where he has held various executive and non-executive positions, including CFO and later CEO of LSE-listed mining and metals company Afarak Group Plc (formerly Ruukki Group Plc), Managing Director at Tantalus Rare Earths AG and non-executive Director at the environmental consulting group, Gaia Group Oy.

Commenting on his appointment, Thomas said, "I am pleased to join Red Leopard and see great potential in using the Company as a platform for value enhancing corporate transactions in the natural resources sector. There is finally positive momentum in the sector, and the Company is an attractive vehicle to use to attract what we hope will be a value enhancing deal for shareholders."

The following details in relation to the appointment of Thomas Karl Stig Hoyer are disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:

 
 Current Directorships         Past Directorships held 
                                within the last five 
                                years 
 Gaia Group Oy                 Ruukki Yhtiot Oy 
 Hummo Strand Oy               Tantalus Rare Earths 
                                AG 
 Vigur Oy                      Synergy Africa Limited 
 Helsinki Capital Partners     Chromex Mining Limited 
  Oy 
 Helsinki Capital Partners     Tantalum Rare Earth (Malagasy) 
  Group Oy                      SARL 
 Helsinki Capital Partners     Ruukki Saw Mill Oy 
  Advisory Oy 
 Afarak Group Plc              Ruukki Harvest Oy 
 Kiinteistö Oy            VK Timber Oy 
  Punkaharjun Valtionhotelli 
                               Tervolan Saha ja Höyläämö 
                                Oy 
                               Hirviset Group Oy 
                               Junnikkala Oy 
                               Kirkkonummen Kiinteistökehitys 
                                Oy 
                               Oplax Oy 
                               Pohjolan Design-Talo 
                                Oy 
                               Rekylator Oy 
                               Rekylator Yhtiöt 
                                Oy 
                               Rekylator Wood Oy 
                               Storms Villa Oy 
                               Storms Gård Oy 
                               Afarak South Africa 
                               LP Kunnanharharju Oy 
                               Finnlamelli Oy 
                               Mogale Alloys (Pty) Limited 
                               PGR 17 Investments (Pty) 
                                Limited 
                               Dezzo Trading 184 (Pty) 
                                Limited 
                               Punkaharjun Luontomatkailu 
                                Oy 
 

Thomas Hoyer was a director of Tantalus Rare Earths AG ("Tantalus") from 2013 to 19 December 2016. On 16 October 2015, Tantalus filed an application for voluntary insolvency proceedings at the Munich Local Court; the amounts owed at that time were approximately EUR1.5million. On 8 December 2015, Tantalus announced the sale of a 60% interest in its subsidiary for EUR3.7million and accordingly repaid its creditors with, on 12 February 2016, the application for the opening of insolvency proceedings being withdrawn.

Mr. Hoyer does not currently hold any Ordinary Shares in the Company.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.

For further information, visit www.redleopardholdings.com or please contact:

 
 Red Leopard Holdings PLC         Tel: [phone] 
  Toby Hayward, Chief Executive    6826 
  Officer 
 
   Beaumont Cornish Limited         Tel: [phone] 
   (Nomad)                          3396 
   www.beaumontcornish.com 
   Roland Cornish 
   James Biddle 
 
   Peterhouse Corporate Finance     Tel: [phone] 
   Limited (Broker)                 0930 
   Lucy Williams 
   Eran Zucker 
 
   Tavistock (Financial PR)         Tel: [phone] 
   Simon Hudson                     3150 
   Edward Lee 
 

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