African Eagle Resources plc Appointment of Non-executive Director

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT

African Eagle Resources plc ("African Eagle" or "the Company"; AIM: AFE; AltX AEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Julian Alexander McIntyre as a Non-executive director, with immediate effect.

Mr McIntyre (aged 36) is a successful entrepreneur and investor. He was a founder and controlling shareholder of Gateway Communications Group ("Gateway"), a pan African telecommunications business that established infrastructure in over 40 African countries. Mr McIntyre is also founder and a principal of MWB Capital, a private investment company which currently holds 10.04% of the issued share capital of the Company.

In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, Mr McIntyre has held the following directorships and partnerships in the past 5 years:

Ambrian Capital Plc, Hendricks Resources Ltd, Gateway Telecommunications Plc, Gateway Communications (UK) Ltd, Gateway Communications Africa (UK) Ltd, Gateway Telecommunications Finance Plc, Gateway Communications SA, GS Telecom Ltd, Gateway Telecoms Integrated Services Ltd, Spar Aerospace (Nigeria) Ltd, GS Telecom Africa Ltd, GS Telecom Angola Ltd, GS Telecom (Ghana) Ltd, Gateway Communications Mozambique Ltd, Gateway Communications Tanzania Ltd, Gateway Communications (PTY) Ltd, GS Telecom (PTY) Ltd, Gateway Broadcast Services Ltd, The African Christian Network Ltd, GTV (Zambia) Ltd, Gateway Telecommunications SA (PTY) Ltd, GTV (Tanzania) Ltd, GTV (Uganda) SARL, GTV (Mozambique) Ltd, GTV (Cameroon) SARL, GTV (Kenya) Ltd, GTV (Botswana) (PTY) Ltd, Gateway Broadcast Services (Ghana) Ltd, Gateway Broadcast (Mauritius) Ltd, Gateway Broadcast Services Namibia (PTY) Ltd, GTV (RDC) SARL, Right to Play UK Ltd, Digicom Networks (UK) Ltd, Global Wireless Applications (UK) Limited.

Gateway Broadcast Services Ltd ("GBS"), and its parent company, Gateway Broadcast (Mauritius) Ltd ("GBM"), of which Mr McIntyre was a director, were put into administration on 26 January 2009, and following a board resolution a liquidator was appointed on 12 February 2009. The primary operating company, GBS had unsecured creditors of £196,376,410, of which £159,790,128 were intercompany creditors, primarily loans from the ultimate parent company Gateway Telecommunications SA (PTY) Ltd. Recovery to creditors was 4.546p in the pound.

For further information on African Eagle, see the Company's web site www.africaneagle.co.uk or contact one of the following:


Bevan Metcalf - Finance Director /
Euan Worthington - Chairman
African Eagle Resources plc, London
+44 20 7248 6059
+44 7753 862 097

Andrew Chubb / Bhavesh Patel
Canaccord Genuity Limited
+44 20 7050 6500

Guy Wilkes
Ocean Equities Limited, London
+ 44 20 7786 4370

Charmane Russell / Marion Brower
Russell & Associates, Johannesburg
+27 11 8803924
+27 82 8928052



About African Eagle

Since discovering a major nickel oxide deposit at Dutwa in Tanzania, African Eagle is in transition from an explorer into a nickel producer. The Company completed a positive scoping study on the Dutwa deposit in July 2009 and is now working towards a feasibility study.

In addition to Dutwa, African Eagle is also evaluating a second promising nickel oxide at Zanzui, which is located 60 km from Dutwa. The Company holds a 49% interest in the Mkushi Copper Mines joint venture in Zambia, for which a draft feasibility study was completed in Q4 2008. It also holds a half million ounce gold resource at the Miyabi project in Tanzania, and a portfolio of gold and base metal exploration assets, including two projects in the Zambian Copperbelt.



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Unternehmen: African Eagle Resources PLC - ISIN: GB0003394813