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CORPORATE PRESENTATION SEPTEMBER 2017
Tethyan is a Junior Explorer a with a focus on gold and copper in the Balkan region of the great Tethyan Metallogenic Belt
AIM:TETH TSX-V:TETH
DISCLOSURE
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(“the Company”), and do not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities of the Company or any other
company and should not be relied on in connection with adecision to purchase or subscribe for any such securities.
The Slides and the accompanying verbal presentation do not constitute a recommendation regarding any decision to sell or purchase
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This presentation may contain forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, comments regarding the timing and content of
upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, and other related
matters. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. The
Company’s current projects in Serbia are at an early stage and all estimates and projections are based on limited, and possibly incomplete
data. More work is required before geological and economic aspects can be confidently modelled. Actual results may differ materially from
those currently anticipated in this present tion. No representation or prediction is intended as to the results of future work, nor can there
be any guarantee that estimates and projections herein will be sustained in future work or that the Project will otherwise prove to be
economic.
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reviewed the technical information contained herein.
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Agile and experienced Management team• Proven track record• High quality local Serbian
team
Consolidating exploration licenses in the ‘Raska Ore District’, Serbia
• Historicminingdistrict• Drillingatnewtargets at Suva
Ruda andGokcanicaprojects
o Potential for major copper-gold
porphyry atSuvaRuda
Project developer model• Developing a portfolio of
projects up the valuecurve
Attention to delivering shareholder value• Clear and defined strategy
Focus on the Balkan region of the Western Tethyan belt
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Tethyan Resources is a junior
exploration company dual listed on
the TSX-V and London AIM
markets. Concentrating on building
shareholder value by acquiring a
portfolio of early stage precious and
base metals projects in the Balkans
in Europe, with a focus on proven
mineralisation and compelling drill
targets.
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STRATEGY
CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING:
PIPELINE:
PROJECTS:
TEAM:
MARKET: Using recent downturn in commodities markets to discover oracquire a quality portfolio of exploration projects which can bequicklymoved to development stage.
Establishedan efficient and capable local team to progress ourprojects.
Directors have wide-ranging expertise, having been involved in numerous exploration and mine development successes.
The Balkan region is emerging as a highly prospective yet underexplored area for copper-gold and base metal deposits. Tethyan has acquired projects with known mineralisation in proven mining districts in order to fast track to drilling and exploration success.
Tethyan is actively reviewingnew targets and intends to stake or acquire permits over promising mineralised systems in Serbia and the wider Balkan region (Bulgaria,Kosovo, Macedonia).
Recently listed on the TSX-V for better access to North American exploration and mining market, and proposed 6:1 roll-back and de-listing from AIM Market going to shareholder vote on 1st
November.
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Management and the Board have experience in delivering excellent returns for shareholders:
REAL VALUE IS MADE BY OWNING A MAJOR STAKE IN A DISCOVERY
Company Country Project Share Price on
DrillingorAquisition
Share Price
High, Buyout
Acquirer
Andean Resources Argentina CerroNegro (gold) 2 cents C$3.6 billion Goldcorp
Exeter Resources Argentina Cerro Moro(gold) 50 cents C$ 8.80/share Yamana
Bear CreekMining Peru Corani (silver) 50 cents C$ 8.69/share -
Antares Minerals Peru Haquira (copper) 20 cents C$460 million First Quantum
Monterico Metals Peru Rio Blanco (copper-moly) 20 cents £150 million Zijin Group
Aurelian Resources Ecuador Fruta Del Norte (gold) 50 cents C$1.2 billion Kinross
Company Country Project Share Price on
DrillingorAquisition
Share Price
High, Buyout
Acquirer
Lydian International Armenia Amulsar (gold) 40 cents C$ 3.05/share -
Laramide Resources Australia Westmoreland (U) 7 cents C$ 15.79/share -
Aquiline Resources Argentina Navidad (silver) 20 cents C$ 626 million Pan American
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WHERE TETHYANIS EXPLORING
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WESTERN TETHYAN MINERAL BELT
The Tethyan Mineral Belt extends over 10,000km from Asia to the Balkans and is comparable to the Andes and Western US & Canada yet significantly less explored
• Cretaceous and Tertiary age porphyry & epithermal copper, gold & base metalbelts
• Number of significant districts & deposits:
o Chelopech/Elatsite region -Bulgaria
o Bor/Timok region – Serbiao Trepca region – Serbia & Kosovoo Rosia Montana – Romania
• Under explored with modern geophysicsand geochemistry, particularly for gold
Region of Tethyan’s exploration
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SERBIA - A Welcoming Mining Jurisdiction
A rare combination: stable government, pro-mining, low tax,
good geology and open for investment in exploration
• Favourable new Mining Law enacted December 2015 :o Practical new law developed by interaction with
stakeholders including local and international miningcompanies
o 15% corporatetaxo 5%net smelter royaltyo 100% foreignownership and repatriation of profits
• Favourable business jurisdiction asanEU candidatewith political
stability Excellent infrastructure and easy access to markets
• In-country expertise
• Low-cost operating
environment
• Otheractive companies:
o EldoradoGoldo RioTintoo FreeportMcMoRano Nevsuno Dundee PreciousMetals
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THE PROJECTS
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Vojvodina
Kosovo
Tethyan’s
SuvaRuda &
Gokcanica Projects
RAŠKA DISTRICT
The Raška District is one of the 29 administrative districts
of Serbia, it is situated in the south-west of the country.
According to the 2015 census results it has a population of
about 310,000 inhabitants.
The Raška district is made up of 9 cities and 350 villages,
and the administrative center is the city of Kraljevo.
• A region of historical mining, as a part of the former Trepca lead-zinc mining complex
• Pro-mining local workforce
• Existing infrastructure including: water source,
grid electricity, roads, railway line to Adriatic
Coast
• Rudnitza porphyry is on a hill 200m above
surrounding ground; therefore potential low
pre-mining strip
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CONSOLIDATING THE RAŠKA OREDISTRICT
Acquired 297km² in Emerging Porphyry- Epithermal Belt
Promising exploration licenses situated in a well-known historic miningdistrict:
Suva Ruda Project:
• Tethyan holds an option to buy 100%to December 2023
o 2 annual payments of Euro 100k to September 2019
o 100 %buy out for Euro 6 million, plus bonus paymentsto underlying owner relative to mine construction cost
• Potential for major porphyry copper-gold project at Rudnitza
• Tethyan recently drilled at Rudnitza:
o 567m @ 0.28% copper & 0.45 g/t gold (RDD-001) from surface
Includes 30m @ 1.45% copper & 0.4 gold (oxide)
Gokcanica Project:
• Very large altered and mineralised system (7km x 3km), believedto host porphyry potential
Kosovo Projects:
• Recently acquired grassroots exploration licenses containing lead and zinc occurrences in historic geology mapping
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1500m
North
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Porp
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600m
South
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Porp
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Zone
750m
SUVA RUDA PROJECT -RUDNITZA PORPHYRY
Total alteration system covers 1500m by 600m area defined by coincident copper - gold- molybdenum anomaly in soil sampling, with two zones of greater than 0.1 g/t gold in soils:
Southern porphyry zone
• Drillhole RDD-001 returned 567m at
0.28% copper and 0.45 g/t gold (includes
30m @ 1.45%copper & 0.4 gold)
• Mineralisation remains open in all
directions with little drilling to date
Northern porphyryzone
• New 600m by 400m geochemical
anomaly discovered by soil sampling in
the north
• Never drill tested
Possible double-headed porphyry with potential at depth
Figure: The Rudnitza porphyry area, contoured gold in soil results highlight the two porphyry centres. Results for drillholes RDD-005 to RDD-008 are pending. 12
SUVA RUDA - DRILLING RESULTS
Table below is to display the Rudnitza copper-gold porphyry
drilling results in ‘gold terms’:
Notes on calculations:
10m min comp length.10m internal waste max,0.3 trigger value AuEq
Au $ 1200per ounce Goldequiv Cu % * 1.57Cu $ 2.75 lb
Hole ID From Length (m) Cu (%) Gold (g/t) Gold Equivalent (g/t)
RDD-001 0 567 0.28 0.45 0.89
RDD-002 96 224 0.24 0.27 0.65
RDD-003 42 291 0.31 0.32 0.81
RDD-004 0 428 0.34 0.27 0.81
RDD-005 6 266 0.22 0.20 0.51
RDD-006 0 460 0.21 0.20 0.53
RDD-007 0 572 0.11 0.16 0.33
RDD-008 138 479.7 0.17 0.24 0.51
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SUVA RUDA PROJECT – RUDNITZA PORPHYRY GEOPHYSICS
Tethyan recently ran
Quantec’s proprietary
TITAN 24 IP technology in
10 lines over the
Rudnitza porphyry to
identify potential
mineralisation, the TITAN
system can identify
targets up to 1,500m
depth.
Interpretation of the data
is expected mid-October.
Figure: The Rudnitza porphyry,
contoured copper in soil results
highlight the mineralised area, IP
lines surveyed in September
2017.
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SUVA RUDAPROJECTLEAD - ZINC POTENTIAL
• Two historic lead-zinc mines adjacent to the
Suva Ruda License with combined historic
(non-compliant) resources estimated in
excess of7Mt
• Kizevak mine mineralisation strikes onto the
Suva Ruda License, historic drilling indicates
good grades on the Suva Ruda license
boundary
• Drilling peripheral to the Rudnitza porphyry
intersected multiple lead-zinc veins as shown
in tablebelow:
Drill Hole From
(m)
To
(m)
Intercept
(m)Pb (%) Zn (%)
Pb+Zn
(%)Ag (g/t)
PDRC 04
-04
161 165 4 1.57 2.67 4.34 16.5
285 293 8 7.11 3.37 10.48 108
326 330 4 2.52 0.76 3.28 43
370 374 4 9.21 11.19 20.4 229
430 432 2 7.82 0.99 8.81 204
504 508 4 11 0.2 11.2 154.5
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GOKCANICA PROJECT
Tethyan has entered into a joint
venture over the Gokcanica
permits
• Porphyry-epithermal target
situated 15km north of Rudnitza
• Roman workings onepithermal
gold and silvertargets
• Dealo Spend $500k by 31st
Decemeber 2018 to earn
51%
o Complete PEA for 70%
o Complete Feasibility
study for80%
o JV partner fund or dilute
to 1.5%NSR capped at
$5 million
• TITAN geophysical survey
completed in September
2017
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SUSTAINABILITY IS GOOD BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
• Management of drill pads includes: o environmental clean-up is continually carried out, including proper
management of waste and safe disposal of drilling mudso rehabilitation of drill pads and access roads if the site is no longer
needed• Per agreements signed in June 2017 regarding use and maintenance of
local roads, we pay for repair of damage to roads caused by contractors’ drilling rigs and mobile equipment
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Since May 2017, Tethyan has employed a full time Community and Land Officer in Raska
• Regular stakeholder engagement taking place with local authorities in Raska and community leaders in local villages
• Community newsletters are regularly prepared and disseminated locally• Policies and procedures regarding land access, damage compensation,
grievance management and community support initiatives publicly disclosed
• For exploration activities requiring access to private land, proper compensation is paid to owners in a fair and transparent way
THE NEXT 6-12 MONTHS …
• September 2017: Completed Dual-listing on TSX-V
o Increase liquidity on share trading
o Gain access to North American Investors and Funds
• Late-September 2017: Completed major geophysical programme at the Rudnitza porphyry
o Tethyan have contracted Quantec’s proprietary TITAN IP system, penetrating to 1,000mdepth searching for high-grade porphyry core
o Interpretation of results expected mid-October
• Early 2018: Drill programme of 3,000m to 4,000m
o Drilling IP targets for buried high-grade porphyry system & build the size of known resource
o 5 to 10 drill holes, 600m to 800m depth
• Ongoing: exploration on early-stage targets
o Gokcanicaproject
o Lead & zinc targets within the SuvaRuda exploration license
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INVESTMENT CASE
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• Management has a proven track record of delivering
shareholder value
o They are an experienced and nimble team
• Focused on acquiring and developing projects and moving
projects up the value curve
• Portfolio approach – Consolidating ‘Raska’ flagship area
o Known mining district
o Have potential flagship development project at
Suva Ruda
o Continuous news flow in 2017-2018
• Well established in the Balkan region of the Western
Tethyan Mineral belt
o Focused on Serbia – a significant historic mining
district
o Ongoing exploration of wider Balkan region
• Strategy aims to create and develop shareholder value
INVESTMENT CASE
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“PEERS” WITH PORPHYRY CU-AU PROJECTS
Mark
etCap
CAD
$M
illio
ns
$640
$320
$160
$80
$40
$20
$10
$5
Staking
AcquisitionFirst Drilling Resources Major Resource Buy Out
Rugby Mining
Medgold
Tethyan
Mundoro
Capital
Norsemont,
Constancia
Euromax 256 m tons @
0.21%Cu, 0.32 g/t Au
Antares,
Haquira
Cordoba Minerals 53 m
tons @ 0.7% Cu, 0.37
g/tAu
Panoro Minerals 521 m
Tons @ 0.29% Cu 0.18
g/tAu
BlackSea
Lumina Gold, Cangrejos
202 m tons @0.1%Cu,
0.62 g/t Au
Sol Gold - Cascabel
Stagesof Company Development
Our Goal is for Tethyan to
be re-rated higher price
(Current market cap
$C10 million).
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COMPANY CONTACTDETAILS
For further information please visit www.tethyan-resources.com or contact:
Tethyan Resourcesplc info@tethyan-resources.com
SP Angel(Broker) + 44 (0)20 34700470
Cairn Financial Advisors LLP (Nomad) +44 (0)20 72130880
Blytheweigh (Financial PR) +44 (0)20 71383204
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APPENDIX
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CORPORATE STRUCTURE & FINANCIALS
Share Price Graph - 12 month period
Major Shareholders %
Southern Arc Minerals 29.91%
Pat DiCapo 5.4%
Frank Brewer 5.3%
Peter Mullens(CEO) 5.1%
Khuanchai Siphakanlaya 4.0%
Alan Fairless 3.0%
Didier Fohlen (ED) 3.0%
Current corporate structure
Ordinary Shares
in issue168,182,052
Shares not in
public hands70,433,336
(41.88%)
Total Directors
Holding11.97%
Warrants in issue 105,560 at 3.48p &2,341,500 at
C$0.036
Options 7,100,000 at 5p &
3,400,000 at2.4p
Current Market
Cap£6.7 million (at 4p)
Cash Position £1.0 m (July 31, 2017)
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JOHN PROUST - Non-Executive Chairman
John received the designation of Chartered Director (C.Dir.) from McMaster University, Directors College, Michael G.DeGroote School of Business. He is the founder and principal shareholder of numerous public and private companies. He hasdirected, managed and advised public and private companies regarding corporate strategy and structure, debt and equityfinancing, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring since 1986. Mr. Proust has held senior positions and servedon the boards of many private and TSX-V/CSE listed companies. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Japan Gold Corp.,Chairman and CEO of Southern Arc Minerals Inc., Chairman of Canada Energy Partners Inc., Interim President & CEO and adirector of Outrider Energy Corp., and adirector of Q Investments Ltd.
PETER MULLENS - Executive Director, CEO
Peter has over 30 years’ of extensive mining and exploration industry experience. He has successfully developed fourCanadian-listed exploration companies and is credited with the discovery drill hole of Pico Machay in Peru and the acquisitionof Navidad (700Moz silver), Calcatreu in Argentina (1Moz gold-silver) and Westmoreland in Australia (50Mlb’s uranium). Hehas strong experience as a geologist and also in the commercial aspects of junior exploration companies including theevaluation of ore reserves, financial studies, mine plans, and the financing of junior exploration companies. He is currently theCEO of AIM listed Tethyan Resources (AIM:TETH) and also a Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Road Minerals Ltd(TSXV:RYR).
FABIAN BAKER - Executive Director, COOBSc Applied Geology, MSc Economic Geology (ongoing). Experience in grassroots exploration through to completion ofBankable Feasibility in frontier and developing countries. Previous roles include Chief Geologist at Lydian International’snewly discovered Amulsar gold deposit andExploration Manager for Tigris Resources, anexploration companywith a focus onan emerging gold and copper district in SE Turkey. In his capacity as COO the management of exploration in Serbia andneighbouring countries is managed by Fabian, who was responsible for identifying the opportunities that lead to Tethyan’sentry into the region.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DIDIER FOHLEN - Executive Director
Engineering Degree from the School of Geology and Mines of Nancy; 36-yrs experience in exploration, development. , miningoperations and mine closure, with a focus on investment in emerging markets, corporate governance, socialresponsibility and environmental management. 15-yrs in the World Bank Group working on mining investments with majoras well as junior mining companies. Significant experience in gold and uranium mines in Africa, Canada and Former SovietUnion, including Caucasus, Russia and Kazakhstan. Didier has worked with, financed and consulted to, many major andjunior companies on exploration, development and mining projects in 40 countries across 6 continents.
GOKHAN KANTARCIGIL -Non-Executive Director
Gokhan has over 15 years’ experience in the mining and engineering industry. In 2008 he was a founder of a private Turkishmining and exploration company called VTG Holdings, which he is currently CEO. Gokhan was been involved in the discovery,construction and production of the Brummersheim coal project in South Africa which is currently producing in excess of 1 mtof export quality thermal coal per year. Gokhan then bought the Caldag Nickel project located in Western Turkey from AIMlisted ENK. He has moved the project forward to a production decision and acquired all mining permits, environmentalpermits and social licenses needed. Gokhan is an entrepreneur and investor and currently looking at acquiring and developingmining projects.
DR MIKE ANDREWS - Non-Executive Director
Mike is a geologist with more than 35 years of research and mining industry experience in gold, copper, coal and ironexploration. He holds an honours degree in Geology from the University of Reading, and a doctorate in explorationgeochemistry from the University of Wales. Mike is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Southern Arc Minerals,President and Chief Operating of Japan Gold, and aDirector of Q Investments. He played an instrumental role in the discovery,exploration, feasibility and development of the Way Linggo Gold Mine in Indonesia. He also held the positions of executivedirector and chief geologist of AuIron Energy Ltd., Director of Gold Operations for Meekatharra Minerals Ltd., and managedthe Teck-MM Gold Indonesian Joint Venture, an exploration portfolio of thirteen gold and copper projects in Indonesia. He alsoheld senior exploration positions with Ashton Mining Ltd, Aurora Gold Ltd and Muswellbrook Energy and Minerals Ltd.
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MANAGEMENT
TIM COUGHLIN - Adviser – Geology
PhD (Structural Geology), MSc Exploration and Mining Geology, BSc Geology, FAusIMM, MSEG. 26 years of experienceincluding senior positions with major mining companies. Founder of Lydian International having discovered and raised financefor the exploration and development of the +5Moz Amulsar gold deposit in Armenia, led successful discovery teams inAustralia, Peru, Colombia and Eastern Europe. Specialist in frontier mineral exploration and mining investment in emergingenvironments such asSouth America, the Caucasus, the Balkans and Russia.
SOL THACKER - Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
Sol is a Chartered Accountant and Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and holds a Bachelor ofBusiness from the Queensland University of Technology. Sol has managed the accounts and administration of the Company’sprincipal trading subsidiary, Tethyan Resources Jersey Ltd, for the past four years and therefore has detailed knowledge of theCompany’s operations. Additionally Sol has extensive experience in UK accounting standards and previously held the positionof CFO of TSX-V listed Royal Road Minerals Ltd, making him well suited to the role.
ALEKSA DJOKOVIC - Project Geologist
With MSc equivalent in geology, Aleksa has 5 years of experience with exploration companies including Mineco, DunavResources and Avala Resources (now Dundee). Through this work he gained experience in various different types of mineraldeposits in Serbia. Most recently he was apart of Mineco’s Project Delivery Teamwhere he gained significant experience fromboth underground and open pit operations and also strengthened his management and project leading skills.
TIJANA MOMCILOVIC - Geologist
With MSc equivalent in geology, Tijana has more than 4 years experience with international and local exploration and miningcompanies in Serbia. Through this work she gainedexperience in different types of mineral deposits in Serbia,mostly porphyryand epithermal deposits. Tijana is focused on exploring for new areas of mineralisation within the SuvaRuda permit.
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MANAGEMENT
NICK SAVIC - Regional Manager
A Serbian national, Nick qualified as a geologist in the late 70’s, following which he emigrated to Western Australia where heworked for a number of major companies for 20 years. Nick was approached by Dundee Precious Metals in the early 2000’sand asked to establish Dundee Precious Metals in Bulgaria and Serbia where Nick remained as Country Manager for anumber of years. More recently Nick managed the country entry for First Quantum Minerals into Serbia. Nick hasunparalleled exploration and related administrative experience in the Balkans region and is assisting and advising Tethyan onall local administrative aspects in Serbia and Bulgaria.
MARKO MILETIC - Community & Land Officer
Born Serbian and local to the Raska district (where the Suva Ruda project is located), Marko has been working for decades onadministrative, and operations management jobs in Serbia and abroad. This experience in marketing, trade, and logisticsindustry has enabled him to gain valuable skills, such as leadership, organizational and time managing skills. Furthermore,working abroad (Africa) made him comfortable working in multinational and multicultural environment. Additionally hefluently speaks Serbian, English, and Spanish.
Marko is leading Tethyan’s community engagement and implementation of our environmental policy.
ANDJELIJA VUJOVIC - Office Manager
Andjelija is a Serbian national, with a BSc in Management from London School of Economics (LSE) and an MBA degree fromthe International University of Monaco. She has more than 20 years of experience in public relations, public speaking,marketing and consulting specializing in innovation, place branding and place management. Andjelija has worked for Societedes Bains de Mer de Monaco and Fairmont Hotel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, as a strategy and innovation consultant, and wasinvolved in overseeing innovation implementation.
She is currently managing Tethyan’s Belgrade office and assisting with local Serbian and international marketing and investorrelations.
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