Tiger Resources Limited Appoints New Chairman
27.05.2011 | CNW
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESPERTH, Western Australia, May 27, 2011 /CNW/ - Tiger Resources Limited (ASX/TSX code: TGS) ("Tiger Resources" or "the Company") advises that Mr Reg Gillard, as previously foreshadowed, retired as Chairman at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting held on 26 May 2011 and as a director of Tiger Resources.
Incoming director Mr Neil Fearis, elected to the Board at the Annual General Meeting, has been appointed as Chairman, and will also chair the Nomination, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee and will serve on the Company's Audit Committee.
Mr Gillard joined the Board as Chairman in 2005 and has guided the Company though the successful acquisition, exploration and development of the Kipoi Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Fearis paid tribute to Mr Gillard's leadership in having successfully guided the Company through a number of significant challenges faced in achieving its current status as a producer of copper concentrate.
"On behalf of all shareholders, the Board would like to thank Mr Gillard sincerely for his tremendous contribution to the Company and to congratulate him on the remarkable progress that Tiger has made under his Chairmanship in progressing from the ranks of the junior explorers to becoming a producer at the Kipoi Copper Project," he said.
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