The Board of Strategic Minerals plc announced that George Spyridon Cardona has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the company, with immediate effect. Mr. Cardona has extensive experience in strategic advice, finance and general management having served as a board member for a range of finance and natural resources companies. Mr. Cardona spent the first half of his career in banking and politics before spending 15 years with HSBC performing several managerial roles around the world. In 2000, he left HSBC and formed Cardona Lloyd & Co, a corporate finance advisory and asset management company, which he ran for 7 years. From 2006 he became a Director and eventually Chairman of Linea Limited. He has been a director of a number of other listed companies both in the UK and around the world, including Renewable Energy Generation Limited and Martin Currie Pacific Trust plc.