Pathfinder Minerals welcomes Mark Gasson to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, London –  Pathfinder Minerals Plc (LON: PFP) today announced the appointment of Mark Gasson to its board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

“The international arbitration which the Company is preparing to launch against the Government of Mozambique now opens up an opportunity for Pathfinder to consider pursuing other opportunities in parallel. As such, we are delighted to welcome Mark Gasson to the Board. His extensive technical experience will strengthen our ability to identify and progress other potential resources projects to run alongside the potential arbitration process.” said Board Chairman, Dennis Edmonds.

About Mark Gasson

Mark Gasson is an accomplished geologist with 35 years of experience in gold and base metals exploration and development across Africa and South America. He has served as both a director, and as Exploration Manager, of numerous mining companies and has direct experience in assessing mineral sands projects.

Mr Gasson has been instrumental in major discoveries including one million tonnes of contained copper at Tiger Resources’ Kipoi Mine, 250,000 tonnes of tin (grading at 3.5% tin) at Alphamin Resources’ Bisie Tin Project, three million ounces of gold at Amani Gold’s Giro Project, two billion tonnes of lithium for AVZ Minerals – all in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – and two million ounces of gold in Tanzania.

Mr Gasson is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

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