African Minerals Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Keith Calder as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately, and as a director of the company with effect from August 3, 2012. Mr. Calder is a professional mining engineer, former CEO of Western Coal Limited and spent 16 years with Rio Tinto in a variety of senior roles in emerging mining jurisdictions around the world. Most recently Keith held the position of CEO at Western Coal since December 2009. Frank Timis intends to transition to Non Executive Chairman from current role as Executive Chairman.