26 May 2010 African Minerals Limited ("African Minerals" or "the Company") Appointment of Director
African Minerals Limited (AIM:AMI), the mineral exploration and development company with significant iron ore and base metal interests in Sierra Leone, West Africa, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.

Dermot George John Coughlan as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective 25 May 2010.

Mr.

Coughlan will chair the Companys Audit Committee. Mr.

Coughlan, aged 74, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Derland Holdings Inc., a private investment holding company which also provides mergers and acquisition services and consulting services to the aerospace industry worldwide.

He also provides commodity transactions services to major companies in Europe, Asia and South America.

He is Chairman of Global Equipment Solutions Ltd, a private company that procures oil-related commodities for clients internationally. He was born in Oxfordshire, England and served in the Royal Air Force. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant. During his time in the UK Mr.

Coughlan held positions with Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation PLC and also with Alcan Industries and Cavenham Foods. >From 1970 to 1983 he was President and CEO of Canada-based Indal Limited, a public company, and during that time built it into a major corporation manufacturing products for global aerospace, engineering and construction markets.

In 1984 he founded and was Chairman and CEO of Derlan Industries Limited, a public company that developed multiple operations in aerospace and industrial markets in North America and Europe. Mr.

Coughlan has held directorships in several publicly listed companies including CCL industries, Mackenzie Financial, Hayes-Dana Corporation, Crown Life Insurance Company, and The Dee Corporation PLC.

He has served as Chair of Audit, Human Resources or Governance Committees for CCL Industries, Mackenzie Financial, and Hayes-Dana.

He is a member of and has served on the International Board of the Chief Executives Organisation, a Global organization of 2,000 CEOs who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in business or government.

He has served on philanthropic, community, educational and hospital Boards.
Commenting on the appointment, Frank Timis, Executive Chairman of African Minerals said:
"It is with great pleasure that I welcome Dermot to the board of African Minerals.

Dermot has extensive international business expertise and significant experience on the boards of a number of substantial companies.

He will be a major asset to the Company as we progresses through to development and into production."
There is no information in relation to Mr.

Coughlans appointment required pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM rules for Companies other than as follows:
Mr Coughlan holds, or has held, the following directorships in the last five years:
Current Directorships
CCL Industries Ltd. Derland Holdings Inc Global Equipment Solutions Ltd
Previous Directorships Hayes-Dana Corporation Mackenzie Financial
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