Strategic Minerals plc announced the appointment of Peter Wale as Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect. Wale has over 20 years of diverse investing experience. Mr. Wale worked in equities trading for both Japanese and American investment firms, including Fidelity Investments, where he was a Pan-European small and mid-cap equities trader. He was most recently a partner and senior equities trader at a global hedge fund, Habrok Capital LLP, which he left in March this year but he remains an active investor. Lyle Hobbs has informed the Board that, due to an escalation of his other business interests and the appointment of Wale, he has decided that it is an opportune time for him to step down from the Board of the company, with immediate effect.