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NOVENTA LIMITED
Attention Business Editors
NOVENTA PROVIDES PROGRESS REPORT
§ - Appoints new director and new COO; Reaches June production target;
Schedules Extra-Ordinary meeting of Shareholders -
§ TORONTO, June 28, 2011 /CNW/ - Noventa (TSX: NTA) (AIM: NVTA) today
provided an update on a series of activities recently completed by the
Company.
§ "Since our last corporate update, we have taken a number of measures to
strengthen our management team, to ensure that our June production target was
met, and to move forward with our financing activities," said Mr. Eric Kohn,
TD, Executive Chairman of Noventa. "This recent progress is very encouraging
and supports our long-term objective of becoming of a low-cost producer of
tantalum concentrate."
§ Executive and Board Appointments Noventa's Board of Directors has
appointed Fernando Fernandez-Torres as a director of the Company, in the role
of Chief Operating Officer (COO") and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")
designate of the Company. Mr Fernandez-Torres will become a director on 28
June 2011 and will assume the role as COO on 1 August 2011. Mr
Fernandez-Torres is expected to assume the role of CEO during the last quarter
of 2011. Mr Fernandez-Torres, a qualified industrial engineer, has been
involved in the mining industry for over 30 years, including over 20 years
within Rio Tinto and 5 years within the Sibelco Group. More recently, he was
the COO of two copper/cobalt mining projects in the Democratic Republic of
Congo, the first controlled by AIM-quoted Nikanor PLC (subsequently acquired
by Katanga Mining Limited), and the second by a joint venture between Glencore
and local interests. Immediately prior to taking up his role with the Company,
Mr Fernandez-Torres headed the project in northern Spain to reopen abandoned
gold mines for TSX-listed Orvana Minerals Corp.
§ The board of Noventa is also pleased to announce the appointment of Thies
Eggers as an independent non-executive director and head of the audit
committee effective today. Mr Eggers is a qualified accountant and tax
consultant in Germany, having joined Arthur Andersen in 1969, and rising to
the position of Managing Partner at both their Munich (1979-1997) and Prague
(1990-1993) offices. Since 1997 he has sat on the boards of a number of quoted
and unquoted companies as well as undertaking a number of consultancy
appointments.
§ Timothy Griffiths has resigned as a director of the Company, effective 28
June 2011.
§ Mr. Eric Kohn TD, also commented, "We are delighted at the appointments
of Messrs Fernandez-Torres and Eggers. We believe their experience and
expertise will prove to be invaluable to Noventa's future. The board would
also like to express thanks to Mr Griffiths for all his hard work and wish him
well for the future."
§ Production and Financing Update Consistent with its previous disclosure,
Noventa also announced that production levels at the Company's Marropino mine
exceeded the Company's annualised 175,000lb target of tantalum concentrate for
June, with a recovery rate of over 51%.
§ The Company also announced that Canaccord Genuity has resigned as the
Company's joint broker. Religare Capital Markets, in its position as
Noventa`s lead broker in the U.K., is advising the Company on its financing
requirements.
§ The Company also reported that it plans to call an extraordinary general
meeting ("EGM") of its shareholders, which is slated to be held on 29 July
2011. The EGM will be held to secure necessary shareholder approval to
increase its authorised share capital and the authority for the directors to
issue new shares. A notice convening the EGM will be sent to all shareholders
shortly.
§ Additional Information Required Under Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules
§ Francisco Fernando Fernandez-Torres
§ Age 61
§ Current Directorships
§ EMED Tartessus SLU
§ Past Directorships (in the last 5 years)
§ Kinbauri Espana SLU Nikanor Mining Limited Cobre Les Cruces SA
§ Mr Fernandez-Torres holds no shares in Noventa
§ Thies Eggers
§ Age 69
§ Current Directorships
§ Allgeier Holding AG Softcon AG Dibag Industriebau AG Bayerische
Gewerbebau AG Plenum AG FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH
§ Past Directorships (in the last 5 years)
§ CoreMedia AG FJH AG
§ Mr Eggers holds no shares in Noventa
§ About Noventa
§ Noventa's strategy is to be the world's largest, low cost industrial
scale supplier of tantalum concentrate, a rare specialty metal widely used in
the consumer electronics industry. There is currently a shortage of tantalum
supply and stock levels in the industry are being run down. With operating
mines in Mozambique, Noventa is in a unique position to expand production to
meet the industries needs. More information can be found at www.noventa.net
§ CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
§ Certain information contained or incorporated by reference in this
release, including any information as to the Noventa's strategy, projects,
plans, prospects, future outlook, anticipated events or results or future
financial or operating performance, constitutes "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements can often, but not always, be identified by the use of words such
as "plans", "expects", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts",
"intends", "anticipates", "predicts", "potential", "continue" or "believes",
or variations (including negative variations) of such words; or statements
that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should",
"might", "potential to", or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved or other
similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Readers
are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance. All of the forward-looking statements made or incorporated in
this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements.
§ Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of factors,
estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Noventa as of
the date of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Readers are also
cautioned that forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of Noventa to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks
and uncertainties are described in more detail in Noventa's Annual Information
Form dated March 15, 2010, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
§ Although Noventa has attempted to identify statements containing
important factors that could cause actual actions, event or results to differ
materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be
other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those
anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking information contained
herein are made as of the date of this document based on the opinions and
estimates of management on the date statements containing such forward looking
information are made, and Noventa disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, estimates
or opinions, future events or results or otherwise. There can be no assurance
that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward
looking information.
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