GoldBridges Global Resources plc announced that it has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Eric Aripzhanov as the Company's Chief Operational Officer, to take control of the development of the underground mine at Sekisovskoye. Mr. Aripzhanov has over 23 years' experience in the mining industry of Kazakhstan and during that time, he has been involved in all aspects of mine development to include the construction of process plants, daily operational management, and development projects on several large gold operations including Zhanan, Boldykol, Aksu, and Arkharly. For the past seven years Eric Aripzhanov has been working for the Norgold. Before joining GoldBridges management team Mr. Aripzhanov worked as Technical Director at Norgold's subsidiary FIC Alel. At this time the board of GoldBridges and Bill Trew have agreed that he will step down as a Non-Executive Director of the company with immediate effect, to allow him to pursue other interests.