Variscan Mines Limited announced that Mr. Mike Moore has been appointed as a non-executive director of the company. Mr. Moore is a mining engineer from the Camborne School of Mines with over 15 years operational and executive management experience across a diverse range of commodities in Australia, West Africa and France. He has held senior and executive management roles with Rock Australia Mining & Civil Pty Ltd, Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Ltd, Carnegie Minerals PLC and, more recently, with ASX listed Montezuma Mining Company Ltd. where he was CEO.

Mr. Moore has previously been a director of Carnegie Minerals Gambia Ltd. and Cordier Mines SAS (France).