Central Asia Metals plc announced the appointment of Dr. Mike Armitage to the CAML Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective 10 January 2022. Dr. Armitage will also join the Sustainability Committee. Dr. Armitage has some thirty-five years' experience in the mining industry.

After spending his early career working underground as a geologist in South Africa, in 1991 Dr. Armitage joined SRK Consulting where he has since held varied roles and from which he will be leaving on 7 January 2022. In addition to his technical work at SRK, producing resource estimates and managing feasibility and due diligence studies, his roles have included Managing Director and Chairman of SRK's UK practice and Chairman of SRK's Russia and Kazakhstan practices.