01 October 2015

The Company announces that its non-executive director, Anne-Marie Chidzero, has resigned as a director with immediate effect in order to devote more time to family and other professional commitments.

The Board of Directors expressed their thanks to Ms Chidzero for her work on behalf of the Company during its transitional period since the EGM held in June.

Executive Chairman Yat Hoi Ning, announcing the resignation, commented: 'We were sorry to receive the news of Anne-Marie's resignation from the Board of Asa Resource Group Plc, and on behalf of the Board of Directors and the Company as a whole, I would like to thank her for all her work on behalf of the Company over the past several months, and to wish her all the best as she moves on to devote more time to her family and other professional commitments.'

For further information contact:

Asa Resource Group PLC
Yim Kwan, Finance Director
Amilha Young, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 3696 5470

Nominated Adviser and Broker
Grant Thornton UK LLP
30 Finsbury Square, London EC2P 2YU
Colin Aaronson / Richard Tonthat / Harrison Clarke
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100

Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5RB
Stewart Dickson / Jeremy Stephenson / Patrick Pittaway
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7894 7000

Public and investor relations
Russell and Associates
Jim Jones / Leigh King
Tel: +27 (0) 11 880 3924

About Asa Resource Group PLC

Asa Resource Group PLC is a pan-African, multi-commodity mining and development company. Asa's principal operations and exploration activities cover gold, nickel, copper and diamonds in Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa.

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