African Minerals Limited announced that Chief Financial Officer Miguel Perry had indicated his desire to retire from the role of CFO and as Executive Director for personal reasons. The company also announced the appointment of Matthew Hird, replacing Miguel Perry as CFO, effective from October 1st this year. Matthew was previously CFO of Kazakhmys PLC.  Matthew joined Kazakhmys in 2005 and successfully managed the financial leadership of the company's IPO to achieve a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange in October of that year.

 Matthew created a multi-location finance function to meet the reporting requirements of the international capital markets and led the structuring of the long term debt facilities that have been put in place for the development of Kazakhmys major growth projects. Miguel will remain available after his resignation to facilitate handing over to Matthew.