LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Oct. 2, 2012) - African Copper Plc (AIM:ACU)(BOTSWANA:AFRICAN COPPER) announces that Canaccord Genuity Limited has been appointed as the Company's Nominated Adviser and Broker with immediate effect. This follows the completion of the acquisition of Collins Stewart Hawkpoint plc by Canaccord Financial Inc and change of name of Collins Stewart Europe Limited to Canaccord Genuity Limited.

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African Copper is an AIM and Botswana listed copper producer and exploration company, currently focused on Botswana. The Company's flagship project is the copper producing open pit Mowana Mine. ACU also owns the rights to the adjacent Thakadu-Makala deposit. Both deposits are situated on the highly prospective Matsitama belt, located close to Botswana's second largest city, Francistown, in the north-eastern part of the country.