East Africa Metals Inc. announced the appointment of Sean I. Waller, P.Eng, to the company's Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board's Project Development Committee. Mr. Waller is a mineral processing engineer, registered as a Professional Engineer in British Columbia. Mr. Waller has over 30 years of International minerals industry experience including company and project management, evaluation, design and operation.

Mr. Waller currently serves as President of Candente Copper Corp. Candente Copper is developing the large scale Canariaco Norte copper deposit located in Northern Peru.