AFRICAN EAGLE ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIRMAN

African Eagle Resources plc (AIM: AFE; AltX: AEA) today announces the
appointment of Euan Worthington as Non-Executive Chairman with effect
from 14 October 2009.  John Park, who has  served as African  Eagle's
Chairman since 1998,  has informed  the Company of  his intention  to
retire from this position and from the Board from this date.

Managing Director  Mark Parker  said,  "The Board  acknowledges  with
great appreciation John's many  contributions during his eleven  year
tenure on the Company's Board. John  has been a very active  Chairman
who has dedicated substantial time and effort to the Company. We will
miss him and wish him the best in his future endeavours.

"We are very pleased to announce  that John's successor will be  Euan
Worthington, who has been the Deputy Chairman of African Eagle  since
October 2006 and a board member since 2003. Euan is well known in the
City of  London,  having  worked  in  mining  corporate  finance  and
research at Hoare Govett, Shearson Lehman, SGWarburg and ABN Amro. He
has extensive experience of mining finance and participated, as  Team
Leader or  Mining  Adviser,  in numerous  deals,  including  advising
Sutton Resources in Tanzania and Falconbridge Gold in Zimbabwe.  Euan
remains Chairman  of  DiamondCorp  and a  Non-Executive  Director  of
European Nickel. He will bring valuable knowledge and aptitude as the
development of Dutwa continues. "




For further information:

Mark Parker
Managing Director
African Eagle
+44 20 7248 6059
+44 77 5640 6899

Nicola Marrin
Seymour Pierce Limited, London
Nominated Adviser
+ 44 20 7107 8000

Charmane Russell
Russell & Associates, Johannesburg
+ 27 11 8803924
+27 82 8928052

Ed Portman / Leesa Peters
Conduit PR, London
+44 20 7429 6607
+44 (0) 7733 363 501


About African Eagle

African Eagle  is  a  mineral  exploration  and  development  company
operating in  eastern and  central  Africa. The  Company's  principal
advanced project is the Dutwa nickel laterite discovery in  Tanzania,
where the Company announced  results of a  positive scoping study  in
July 2009,  which indicated  that  Dutwa, if  it were  in  production
today, would be profitable.  African Eagle is also  a partner in  the
Mkushi Copper Mines project in Zambia, for which a draft  Feasibility
Study was completed in Q4 2008.

African Eagle has also  defined a gold resource  estimated at half  a
million ounces  at  the  Miyabi  gold project  in  Tanzania,  and  is
evaluating a  second  promising  nickel  laterite  deposit  which  it
recently discovered in  Tanzania. The Company  holds a  well-balanced
portfolio of promising  earlier stage gold  and base metal  projects,
including the Ndola and Mokambo projects in the Zambian Copperbelt.

Zambia,  Tanzania  and  Mozambique,  the  sites  of  African  Eagle's
projects, are all  countries which have  highly prospective  geology,
relatively low  above-ground risks  and track  records of  successful
major investments in the metals and minerals industries.

African Eagle specialises in  project generation and exploration.  To
take its discoveries into  production, it seeks  to sign up  industry
partners with  records of  successful mine  development. These  joint
ventures and,  in  time, the  revenue  from advanced  projects,  will
finance future exploration and new discoveries.

---END OF MESSAGE---


This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is 
solely responsible for the content of this announcement.



Copyright © Hugin AS 2009. All rights reserved.