Strategic Minerals plc announced the appointments of James Joseph Fyfe and Paul Louis Harrison as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer respectively of the company, with immediate effect. James Fyfe (57) is a highly experienced business consultant in the natural resources sector who has advised public and private companies in Europe, Africa, Australia, Central America, Russia and the former Soviet Union. His particular focus is on strategic, operational and financial planning, corporate structuring and debt and equity financings. Since 1994 Paul Harrison has advised a wide range of companies, both private and public, primarily in the natural resources sector.