Globe Metals & Mining is an African-focused resource company.  Its main focus is the multi-commodity (niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon) Kanyika Niobium Project in central Malawi.  A Bankable Feasibility Study was commissioned in August 2009 and production is planned to commence in 2013 at a rate of 3,000tpa niobium metal, principally in the form of ferro-niobium.  

Globe also has a number of other projects at an earlier stage of development: it is earning up to an 80% interest in the Machinga Rare Earth Project in southern Malawi from Resource Star Limited (ASX: RSL), and the Company can earn up to a 90% interest in the Mount Muambe Fluorite Project in Mozambique.  Initial drill programs will be undertaken in mid-2010.  

Globe manages its projects from its regional exploration office in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. The Company has been listed on the ASX since December 2005 (Code: GBE), and has its corporate head office in Perth, Australia.

Globe Metals and Mining (ASX:GBE)

Company Directors

Mr Bill Hayden (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Brad Wynne (CFO)
Mr David Sumich (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Julian Stephens (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Mark Sumich (Executive Chairman, Managing Director)

Contact Information

Phone: +61 8 9486 1779
Email: info@globemetalsandmining.com.au
Website: http://www.globemetalsandmining.com.au
Address
Ground Floor, Suite 3, 16 Ord Street, WEST PERTH, WA., AUSTRALIA, 6005

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Globe Metals and Mining Limited (ASX:GBE) Changes to the Board
09 Aug,2011 01:42 PM

Changes to the Board
 
Globe Metals & Mining Limited (“Globe” or “the Company”; ASX: GBE) wish to advise that Mr David Sumich (Co-founder), Mr Youyu Zhang and Mr Jianrong Xu have tendered their resignation as Non-Executive Directors of Globe effective 9 August 2011.
 
This change is in line with the Company’s strategy of reducing board size, and objectives driven by the new strategic partnership with ECE. In the case of Mr David Sumich, it is also the result of other board commitments.
 
The Board wishes to thank both Mr Xu and Mr Zhang for their contribution to the Company since completion of the ECE partnership transaction. The Board wishes to thank Mr David Sumich, a founding Director and previous Chairman of Globe, for his continual efforts and strategic advice since the founding of the Company.
 
Globe also wishes to announce that Mr Zhang is to be replaced on the Board by incoming Director, Ms Shasha Lu. The Board welcomes Ms Lu to the Company. Ms Lu is Executive Director and CEO of Hong Kong East China Non-Ferrous Mineral Resources Co Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern China Exploration & Development Bureau (ECE). In July 2009, Ms Lu was appointed as an Executive Director of Arafura Resources Limited (ASX:ARU). Ms Lu holds a Degree in Medicine and a Masters Degree from Nanjing University.
 
For Mr David Sumich, Mr Youyu Zhang and Mr Jianrong Xu, an Appendix 3Z is attached to this announcement. An Appendix 3X is also attached in relation to Ms Shasha Lu.