African Energy Resources announced the appointment of Mr. Ian Hume as a Non Executive Director of the company. He currently sits on the boards of Silver City Mines; TSXlisted Golden Minerals; ASX and TSX listed Marengo Mining and ASXlisted Iron Road. Mr. Hume was a Founding Partner of The Sentient Group.

He remains an independent advisor to Sentient, following his retirement from the fund in 2008. Prior to the founding of Sentient, Mr. Hume was a consultant to AMP's Private Capital Division, working on the development of a number of Chilean mining investment joint ventures, as well as advising on a number of specific investments across a range of commodities and locations. Mr. Yan Zhao, an employee of Sentient, has been appointed as Alternate Director to Mr. Hume.

Mr. Zhao has held the role of Investment Manager with Sentient for the past 3 years. Prior to this he was Investment Associate at Actis and Project and Management Accountant at Shell. The appointments of Mr. Hume and Mr. Zhao are effective immediately.