DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS
London: 15 February, 2010, Arabian Gold Corporation plc ("Arabian Gold" or the "Company") the private gold exploration company focussed on the Arabian Shield announces the appointment of John Gray as acting Chief Executive Officer and the appointment of Gulaid Gulaid as a director.
John Gray is a geologist with BSc in Mining Geology from the Royal School of Mines. He has over 18 years of experience and has run exploration projects in South America, Canada, eastern Europe and Africa for both major and junior companies. Most recently he was President & CEO of TSX-V listed African Aura Resources Ltd and was instrumental in the company's successful merger in 2009 which created African Aura Mining Inc. With seven years experience of gold and copper exploration in the desert of northern Chile and with an understanding of Arabic he is extremely well placed to understand and overcome the challenges of exploration in the Arabian Shield.
Gulaid Gulaid is Deputy CEO of Saudi Canadian Mining Services which has been providing drilling and mining services to the minerals sector in Saudi Arabia for over 13 years. He has a BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of Surrey and Royal Holloway University of London respectively, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. He is also a member of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association and the National Drilling Association.
John Gray, Chief Executive commented:
"I am immensely enthusiastic about the geological opportunity in Saudi Arabia which is similar in scale to the western Australian goldfields. The country has enormous mineral endowment and the potential to host several new multi-million ounce gold deposits. I look forward to working with my fellow directors to build Arabian Gold and I take this opportunity to welcome Gulaid Gulaid to the board."
On behalf of the Board of Arabian Gold plc.
John Gray
Chief Executive
Arabian Gold Corporation
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 511 767
Cell: +44 (0) 799 616 7811
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ARABIAN GOLD TO ATTEND 2010 MENA-EX IN JEDDAH
Arabian Gold is proud to have supported MENA-EX since its inception in 2008. This prestigious event is supported by the Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, HRH Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz and HRH Prince Mishaal bin Majed Abdulaziz. It combines a large commercial exhibition and Ministry-led strategic forums for companies and investors aiming to develop their involvement in the minerals & mining industry.
John Gray, Chief Executive commented:
"Arabian Gold was formed in 2008 to explore for gold in Saudi Arabia. The Company is pleased to have submitted its mineral exploration licences which are currently being processed by the Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources. We are optimistic about the year ahead in expectation of the grant of the licences and looking forward to the opportunity to assist in finding the next generation of gold mines in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
The delegation from Arabian Gold will include John Gray (CEO), Drew Craig (COO) and Steven Poulton (Director). If you will be attending MENA-EX 2010 and would like to meet any of the AGC team during the event, please contact Drew Craig at or +966 (0) 568-893-960.
On behalf of the Board of Arabian Gold plc.
John Gray
Chief Executive
Arabian Gold Corporation
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 511 767
Cell: +44 (0) 799 616 7811
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ARABIAN GOLD TO ATTEND 2009 MENA-EX IN JEDDAH
The conference is hosted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, in cooperation with the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) and Saudi Arabian Mining Company MA'ADEN. On the back of the success of last years event the conference has been expanded to incorporate a two day strategic forum. The forum will cover topics including the challenging economic environment, Saudi Arabia's emerging mining industry, development of the mining industry across the region, and trends of financing mining and mineral projects in the Kingdom.
For the second year in succession Arabian Gold's CEO Steven Poulton and COO Drew Craig will be attending the conference, which provides an invaluable forum to meet industry peers and officials in the Middle East mining sector.
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