(AFE.L) African Eagle Resources PLC Buy/Sell

Directorate change

African Eagle Resources plc (AIM: AFE; AltX: AEA) today announces the appointment of Euan Worthington as Non-Executive Chairman with effect from 14 October 2009. John Park, who has served as African Eagle's Chairman since 1998, has informed the Company of his intention to retire from this position and from the Board from this date.

Managing Director Mark Parker said, "The Board acknowledges with great appreciation John's many contributions during his eleven year tenure on the Company's Board. John has been a very active Chairman who has dedicated substantial time and effort to the Company. We will miss him and wish him the best in his future endeavours.

"We are very pleased to announce that John's successor will be Euan Worthington, who has been the Deputy Chairman of African Eagle since October 2006 and a board member since 2003. Euan is well known in the City of London, having worked in mining corporate finance and research at Hoare Govett, Shearson Lehman, SGWarburg and ABN Amro. He has extensive experience of mining finance and participated, as Team Leader or Mining Adviser, in numerous deals, including advising Sutton Resources in Tanzania and Falconbridge Gold in Zimbabwe. Euan remains Chairman of DiamondCorp and a Non-Executive Director of European Nickel. He will bring valuable knowledge and aptitude as the development of Dutwa continues. "

For further information:

Mark Parker Managing Director African Eagle +44 20 7248 6059 +44 77 5640 6899

Nicola Marrin Seymour Pierce Limited, London Nominated Adviser + 44 20 7107 8000

Charmane Russell Russell & Associates, Johannesburg + 27 11 8803924 +27 82 8928052

Ed Portman / Leesa Peters Conduit PR, London +44 20 7429 6607 +44 (0) 7733 363 501

About African Eagle

African Eagle is a mineral exploration and development company operating in eastern and central Africa. The Company's principal advanced project is the Dutwa nickel laterite discovery in Tanzania, where the Company announced results of a positive scoping study in July 2009, which indicated that Dutwa, if it were in production today, would be profitable. African Eagle is also a partner in the Mkushi Copper Mines project in Zambia, for which a draft Feasibility Study was completed in Q4 2008.

African Eagle has also defined a gold resource estimated at half a million ounces at the Miyabi gold project in Tanzania, and is evaluating a second promising nickel laterite deposit which it recently discovered in Tanzania. The Company holds a well-balanced portfolio of promising earlier stage gold and base metal projects, including the Ndola and Mokambo projects in the Zambian Copperbelt.

Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique, the sites of African Eagle's projects, are all countries which have highly prospective geology, relatively low above-ground risks and track records of successful major investments in the metals and minerals industries.

African Eagle specialises in project generation and exploration. To take its discoveries into production, it seeks to sign up industry partners with records of successful mine development. These joint ventures and, in time, the revenue from advanced projects, will finance future exploration and new discoveries.

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