VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - August 20, 2015) - Africo Resources Ltd ("Africo") (ARL.TO) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed a Special Committee, consisting of George Ireland and James Cook. The Special Committee, along with management, have been mandated to work with Africo's largest shareholder, Camrose Resources Ltd. ("Camrose"), with a view to enhancing shareholder value and to try and lessen the significant discount in the trading price of Africo's shares versus its cash per share in the treasury. While there can be no assurance that this can be achieved, Africo will keep its shareholders apprised as this process moves forward. Currently, Africo has approximately CDN $60,000,000 (USD$45,900,000) in its treasury, which translates to approximately CDN $0.84 per share.
Camrose, which is a subsidiary of Eurasian Resources Group ("ERG"), owns 45,400,000 shares of Africo or approximately 63.7% of Africo's issued and outstanding shares.
Separately, management of Africo and its subsidiary Société d¹exploitation des gisements de Kalukundi (sas) ("Swanmines") have been advised that La congolaise des mines et de développement (sarl) ("Comide"), an affiliate of Camrose and ERG, may be carrying out mining operations on a portion of the Kalukundi property in the DRC without the consent and approval of Africo and Swanmines. Africo and Swanmines are currently investigating the situation in an effort to protect the value of Kalukundi for the benefit of all of the shareholders of Africo. Africo indirectly owns 75% of Swanmines which entity owns the Kalukundi property. The remaining 25% is owned by La générale des Carrières et des mines (sarl) ("Gecamines"), the state mining company in the DRC.
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Africo Resources Ltd. is a Canadian mineral company engaged in developing, acquiring and exploring for base metal assets in Africa. The company's main project is Kalukundi, a development stage copper-cobalt deposit located in the Katangan Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The development team has an operational base in the DRC, with the company corporate offices located in Vancouver, Canada.
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