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Â鶹ÉäÇø is pleased to announce the appointment of Leah Thorne to the newly created role of Group People Director (GPD).

The GPD position has been created to support Â鶹ÉäÇø as we increase the scale of our high growth business. Leah's appointment will enable Â鶹ÉäÇø to optimise our human resources and improve productivity across our international business. Leah will develop a People Strategy to attract, engage, develop and retain People: our most important assets.

Â鶹ÉäÇø Limited (ASX:ASP) has now completed a three-year business turnaround and technological transformation. Our illustrated our corporate growth across all core and new revenue businesses.

The Company is a prime mover in Media-Tech and through building the highest calibre of talent itintends to further extend its global leadership across all resource sectors.

Leah has over 18 years' experience in Human Resources (HR), gained internationally across a range of industries including media, technology and retail. Prior to joining Â鶹ÉäÇø Leah managed HR in technology start-up businesses and supported their transition into becoming established, efficient businesses. She was also manager of European Talent Development at Activision Blizzard, where she focussed on leadership development in a business managing a digital transition.

Managing Director Alex Kent said:

"We are delighted to welcome Leah to the Â鶹ÉäÇø team. Leah has vast HR experience andindustry expertise in both tech start-up and larger digital media organisations. The role of GPD is a key driver of our long-term strategy as we maintain a continual focus and investment on acquiring new and developing existing talent. Leah will make a strong contribution as we continue to grow and build scale."

Group People Director Leah Thorne said:

"I feel privileged and excited to be joining Â鶹ÉäÇø for this exciting phase of its journey. The creation of this role is a significant step in demonstrating the importance of People to our business. Â鶹ÉäÇø has managed a major transformation over the last few years, and management can now focus more intensively on building its competitive edge with People being a fundamental driver of that. I am excited about the opportunity to enhance how we attract, engage and develop our employees. I'm keen to have a highly positive impact on both Â鶹ÉäÇø and our employees."

For further information contact:

Â鶹ÉäÇø Limited

Alex Kent, Managing Director +44 207 216 6060

David Straface, Company Secretary +61 8 6263 9100

Pegasus Corporate Advisory

Michael Brown+61 400 248 080

About Â鶹ÉäÇø

Â鶹ÉäÇø is the leading media services provider to the global mining and resources industry and delivers high value, premium subscription-based content through digital, print, conferencing and events channels. Â鶹ÉäÇø's portfolio includes brands such as Mining Journal, Mining Magazine, Australia's Mining Monthly and MiningNews.net. Â鶹ÉäÇø successfully restructured over recent years to transition from print to become the global digital media distributor to the mining and resource industry and is focused on scaling new content solutions to better serve new territories and sectors.

Â鶹ÉäÇø is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: ASP) with offices in London, Perth, Sydney, Denver and Belo Horizonte.

For more information please see: www.aspermont.com