Trident Royalties Plc (AIM: TRR, OTC: TDTRF), announces that Al Gourley has requested to step down from the Board of Directors with immediate effect, for personal reasons. Peter Bacchus will assume the role as Chair of the Board. The Board expresses its thanks to Al for his significant contribution both as a Non-Executive Director and as Chairman and wish him well with his future endeavours.

Peter Bacchus, Chairman of Trident commented:

“On behalf of the entire Trident team, I would like to extend my gratitude to Al for his significant contribution to the Company during his four-year tenure on the board. Al’s experience, energy and enthusiasm for our business has been invaluable and I, along with the whole board, would like to wish him every success in his future endeavours.

“Over that period Trident has grown from a single royalty to over 20 assets. I step into the Chairman role as that portfolio is showing increasing maturity with the delivery of significant cash flow in sight. With our new financing facility our balance sheet is in a robust position and we are well placed to take advantage of future opportunities.”

Whilst at the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, we caught up with Julien Bosche, Vice President, EMEA at the firm