11 December 2025
Rome Resources plc
("Rome Resources", the "Company" or the "Group")
Board Changes
Rome Resources (AIM: RMR), the DRC-focused tin and copper explorer, announces that Mr. Edouard Etienvre and Mr. Marc Mathenz have resigned as non-executive directors of the Company with immediate effect.
On 3 September 2025, the Company announced the proposed appointment of Stephane Mutombo Irung as a non-executive director to the board of directors of Rome (the "Board" or the "Directors"). In addition to the proposed appointment of Mr. Irung, the process to recruit an additional non-executive director to the Board has commenced and a further update will be issued when appropriate.
Under the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, the Company's Nominated Adviser is required to undertake a director due diligence process to satisfy itself as to board composition, independence, suitability and the efficacy of the board as a whole in relation to any potential board changes for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, with a view to determining that the Company is suitable to be a Company with shares admitted to trading on AIM. Any appointment to the Board is subject to the approval from the Company's nominated adviser.
Mr. Etienvre and Mr. Mathenz are to be paid the sums due to them under their contractual notice periods and will retain the warrants over new ordinary shares previously granted to them. Mr. Etienvre and Mr. Mathenz will continue to benefit from the Company's directors' and officers' insurance policy for a period of five years hereon and have also agreed, among other things, a mutual waiver of claims with the Company.
Paul Barrett, Chief Executive Officer of Rome Resources, commented:
"I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Etienvre and Mr. Mathenz for their efforts in helping steer the Company through the complex reverse takeover process last year, for their strategic advice, and their support for the Company's activities through 2025."
For further information, please contact:
| Investor questions on this announcement We encourage all investors to share questions on this announcement via our investor hub
| https://romeresources.com/s/5b5af1
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| Rome Resources Plc Paul Barrett, Chief Executive Officer
| Tel. +44 (0)20 3143 6748 |
| Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) John Depasquale / Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Kelly Gardiner / Lauren Wright (Sales & Corporate Broking)
| Tel. +44 (0)20 3328 5656
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| OAK Securities (Joint Broker) Jerry Keen, Head of Corporate Broking Henry Clarke, Head of Sales
| Tel. +44 (0)20 3973 3678 |
| Camarco (Financial PR) Gordon Poole / Sam Morris
| Tel. +44 (0)20 3757 4980
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