Peter Hambro Mining - Non-Executive Director Appt

RNS Number:3116M
Peter Hambro Mining PLC
22 January 2008

22nd January 2008

PETER HAMBRO MINING PLC

APPOINTMENT OF NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Peter Hambro Mining plc is pleased to announce that General the Lord Guthrie of
Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL, has been appointed to the Board as a Director of
the Company with effect from 22nd of January 2008.

Lord Guthrie is also a Director of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited, Colt Defence
LLC (USA), Sciens International Fund of Hedge Funds and an independent member of
the House of Lords.

He served in the British Army from 1959 to 2001 including 10 years as Colonel
Commandant of the Intelligence Corps, three years as Chief of the General Staff
and four years as Chief of Defence Staff. He is currently Colonel of the Life
Guards and Colonel Commandant of the SAS. In addition he is Visiting Professor
and Honorary Fellow of King's College London University; Chairman of the
Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives; Governor of the
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish studies; President of the Army Benevolent
Fund; Action Medical Research and the Federation of Youth Clubs; Governor of
the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell and a Board member of the Moscow School of Policy
Studies.

Peter Hambro, Chairman of Peter Hambro Mining plc, commented:

"Lord Guthrie is a superb addition to the Board of Peter Hambro Mining. His
senior and wide ranging experience has been at the highest level of
international affairs and his strategic thinking, as well as familiarity with
Russia, will be invaluable to the further development of the Group."

Further statutory information relating to Charles Guthrie is set out below.

Enquiries:

Alya Samokhvalova/Rachel Tuft Peter Hambro Mining plc
+44 (0) 20 7201 8900

David Simonson/ Tom Randell Merlin PR
+44 (0) 20 7653 6620

The following information is provided in accordance with paragraph 17 and
Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:

General the Lord Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL,
aged 69:

(a) holds and has held within the past five years the following directorships:

Current directorships:

NM Rothschild & Sons Limited Non-Executive Director
Advanced Interactive Systems Inc Director
Ashley Gardens Block 2 Limited Director
Basmon Foundation Limited Director
BICE Chileconsult Director
Colt Defense LLC Director
Hospitaller Limited Director
Household Cavalry Museum Trust Limited Director
Institute of International Strategic Studies Director
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Director
N M Rothschild & Sons (Brazil) Limitada Director
N M Rothschild Mexico Director
Rothschilds Continuation Holdings AG Director
Sciens Global Opportunity Fund Director
Sciens International Fund of Hedge Funds Director
Sciens International Investment & Holdings Director
Siboney Plc Director

Past directorships:

British Forces Foundation Director
Favermead Director
Wellington Museum Trust Director

(b) has no unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences;

(c) has not had any bankruptcy order made against him or entered into any
individual voluntary agreement;

(d) has not been a director of a company which has been placed into
receivership, compulsory liquidation, creditors' voluntary liquidation,
administration or which has entered into any company voluntary arrangement
or any composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or any
class of its creditors, at the time of or within twelve months preceding
such events;

(e) has not been a partner of any partnership which has been placed into
compulsory liquidation, administration or has been the subject of any
partnership voluntary arrangements, at the time of or within twelve months
preceding such events;

(f) has not had a receivership of any asset or of a partnership where he
was a partner at the time of or within twelve months preceding such event;
or

(g) has not been publicly criticised by statutory or regulatory authorities
(including recognised professional bodies) or ever been disqualified by
a court from acting as a director of a company or from acting in the
management or conduct of the affairs of any company.

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