Holding in Company

RNS Number : 6868M
Hummingbird Resources PLC
22 August 2011
 



Hummingbird Resources plc

("Hummingbird" or the "Company" or the "Group")

 

(AIM: HUM)

 

Holding in Company

 

Hummingbird Resources plc was notified on 19 August 2011 that following a purchase of ordinary shares of the Company, Mark Hillery is now interested in a total of 4,824,016 ordinary shares, representing approximately 9.04% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

 

 

Enquiries:

Hummingbird Resources plc

Daniel Betts, Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Hill, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary +44 (0)20 3416 3560

 

Liberum Capital Limited

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

Tom Fyson / Richard Bootle +44 (0)20 3100 2222

 

Mirabaud Securities LLP

Joint Broker

Peter Krens +44 (0) 20 7321 2508

 

Threadneedle Communications Limited

Laurence Read / Beth Harris +44 (0)20 7653 9850

 

Notes to Editors

Hummingbird Resources plc is an AIM quoted mineral exploration company incorporated in England and Wales and headquartered in London. Since its establishment in November 2005, the Group has been active in Liberia, West Africa, and is currently the holder of the largest area of mineral exploration ground in the highly prospective Birimian geological region of eastern Liberia. The Group's licences are prospective for gold, iron ore and other minerals.

The Group currently holds exploration licences covering approximately 7,000 square kilometres in total, which constitutes a significant proportion of eastern Liberia containing the Birimian sequence.

The Group's most advanced gold exploration has taken place in the Dugbe, Zia and Jababli licence areas, with Dugbe Block F with a recently confirmed gold resource of 20.90 million tonnes at 1.208 g/t to give 812,000 oz Au using a cutoff grade of 0.5 g/t. The exploration has been based on sound geological premises and has been executed in an efficient and practical manner according to best industry practices.

For more information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk


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