Monday 07 February, 2011

Board Appointment

Frontier Mining Ltd (AIM: FML), the AIM listed gold and copper exploration and development company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Vojack to the Board of Directors as a non executive director.

Mr. Vojack serves as a Senior Partner with VSB Partners LLP, and brings with him wide-ranging legal experience as well as extensive experience of working in Kazakhstan, where he has been resident for the past 16 years. Mr. Vojack has represented, Kazakmys, Chevron, KazMunaiGas, Kazatomprom, Central Asia Gold, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Deutsche Bank and Eurasian Development Bank of Kazakhstan. He also has considerable experience in helping bring corporate governance changes to many joint-stock companies in Kazakhstan.

He moved to Kazakhstan in 1994 when he opened the Kazakh office of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, a practice he managed until December 31, 2010. The initial practice was funded by the US Government and World Bank, and was focused on advising the Kazakhstan Government on developing laws on securities, banks, and joint stock companies. After a period of advising the Government his practice turned to the private sector. He was issuers counsel for the first Eurobond issued by a non-bank (KazTransOil) in 2000 and thereafter his practice was the leading issuers counsel in Kazakhstan. His work in helping to develop corporate governance good practices was recognised by the President's Foreign Investor Counsel in 2009.

He resides in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with his wife and two children and is an active member of the Almaty investor and financial community.

Erlan Sagadiev, CEO of Frontier Mining, commented:

"Greg Vojack is one of the most prominent international legal advisors in Kazakhstan. He has successfully helped the largest local and international companies operating in Kazakhstan. Bringing Greg onto the board of FML is an important step in strengthening the board and towards making FML a world class company".

Commenting on his appointment, Greg Vojack said:

"Frontier is in a fantastic position to exploit the potential that Kazakhstan has to offer. I am excited about joining a Company that has strong opportunities for growth, and I am confident that my experience in the country, and in advising other mining companies, will be of help to Frontier".

Mr Gregory John Vojack, aged 60 holds the following board positions:

  • Member of the Board of International Advisors of the Regional Financial Center Almaty
  • Member of the Board of Directors Regional Financial Center Almaty Academy
  • Member of the Legal Working Group President of Kazakhstan's International Investors Counsel.
  • International Member of Academy of Social Sciences of Kazakhstan.

Mr Vojack has an indirect beneficial interest through his family in 24,362,044 ordinary shares of $0.01 each in the Company, although he has no direct or indirect control over these shares. There is no further information to be disclosed under schedule 2(g) and Rule 17 of the AIM Rules in respect of Mr Vojack's appointment today as a non-executive director of the Company.



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