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ARQ - Anooraq - Change to the board of directors
Anooraq Resources Corporation
(Incorporated in British Columbia, Canada)
(Registration number 10022-2033)
(JSE share code: ARQ & ISIN: CA03633E1088)
(TSXV share code: ARQ & ISIN: CA03633E1088)
(AMEX share code: ANO & ISIN: CA03633E1088)
("Anooraq" or "the company")
Change to the board of directors
Anooraq is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Fikile Tebogo De Buck as an
independent, non-executive director to the Board. The appointment of Ms De Buck
was effective from Monday 10 November 2008.
Ms De Buck graduated in 1982 with a BA in Economics and Accounting from the
University of Swaziland. In 1990, she was awarded the Stuart Crystal Prize for
the best accounting student at the Birmingham Polytechnic, the first black
student to be awarded this prize. She became a Fellow of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom in 2002.
Ms De Buck worked for the Botswana Development Corporation Limited ("BDC") for
14 years, during which time she took responsibility for risk management in
foreign exchange, liquidity and interest rates, credit risk analysis and
management and funding for loans and equity finance. From 1995 to 1998, she was
the Treasurer for the BDC. Ms De Buck joined the Council for Medical Schemes in
South Africa in 2000 as head of the Financial Supervision Unit reporting to the
Registrar of Medical Schemes. In 2003, she was appointed Chief Operations
Officer for the Council with her role expanded to overseeing the Council`s
finance and internal information technology divisions. In 2005 her role was
further expanded to include the oversight of knowledge management and the
accreditation unit. She represented management at the Audit Committee and
chaired the Tender Committee and the Risk Management Committee. Ms De Buck
resigned from the Council in February 2008.
Philip Kotze, Chief Executive of Anooraq, said "We are delighted that Fikile has
agreed to join the board. We look forward to the contribution she will make to
the deliberations of the directors from both a financial and risk management
perspective."
Ms De Buck is also a director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and of Rand
Uranium (Pty) Limited.
21 November 2008
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