Fluormin (LON:FLOR) today announced that Muriel Dube and Brian Kiernan have been appointed to the company’s board of directors.
"We are delighted to welcome Brian and Muriel to the board,” said chairman Nicholas Davidoff.
“With Muriel, we have the benefit of a highly successful South African businesswoman with a rich background in politics, business and academics; with Brian, we have the benefit of a businessman whose leadership and incubation of several successful African gold mining, drilling and oil & gas exploration companies will infuse the Company with added energy."
Muriel Dube is an experienced banker at Investec. She has held a number of senior management and executive roles in the mining and services industries in both South Africa and Britain. Her public sector experience includes positions in the South African Government and the United Nations.
Brian Kiernan is a natural resources entrepreneur. He was chief executive of
Moydow Mines International, which was sold to Franco-Nevada Corporation in January 2010. He is now on the board of Moydow Resources Ltd, as well as a number of other private companies in the energy and mining sector.
Fluormin – formerly Mahgreb Minerals – aims to acquire a significant share of the international fluorspar market. It already has a portfolio of fluorspar interests located in South Africa, Kenya and Tunisia
Additionally it also has a stake in a fluorspar trading business.
Fluorspar is a type of calcium fluoride, a critical ingredient in the manufacture of acids and chemicals. As such the mineral is in great demand.