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Board of Directors

Peter Coates 

BSc (Mining Engineering)                                                                                                                                  Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Coates was appointed non-executive director on 1 April 2008 and is Chairman of the Nominations & Remuneration Committee.  Until December 2007, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Xstrata plc's global coal business, Xstrata Coal, from the company's inception as Glencore Coal in 1994 and throughout its transition to Enex Resourcess in 2001 and subsequent acquisition by Xstrata plc in 2002.

Mr Coates is currently a non-executive Chairman of Xstrata Australian and a member of the Board of Santos Limited.

Mr Coates was also a member of the APEC 2007 business Consultative Group and the Prime Minster's Emissions Trading Task Group as well as being the immediate past Chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia.

Peter Johnston

BA, FAusIMM, FAICD
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer since 28 November 2001, Mr Johnston was formerly employed by WMC Ltd from 1993 to 2001. During that period he held the position of Executive General Manager and at various times was responsible for the nickel and gold operations, Olympic Dam Operations, Queensland Fertilizers Ltd and human resources. He has also held senior positions with Lion Nathan Australia and Alcoa of Australia Limited. Mr Johnston is an Executive Council member of the Chamber of Minerals & Energy (WA) and a board member of the Minerals Council of Australia. He is a past President of the Chamber of Minerals & Energy (WA) and past President of the Nickel Development Institute.

Mr Johnston is currently a director of Emeco Holdings Limited and Silver Lake Resources Limited.

Ivan Glasenberg

B.Acc, MBA (USC), CASA (Sth Africa)
Non-Executive Director

Non-executive director since December 2000 as a nominee of Glencore, Mr Glasenberg is also a member of the Nominations & Remuneration Committee .

Mr Glasenberg joined Glencore International AG in 1984 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Glencore from 2 January 2002. He became the Head of Coal in 1990 after having worked in the coal department in South Africa for three years and in Australia for two years. He managed Glencore's Hong Kong office during the period 1988-1989. Prior to joining Glencore, he worked for five years at Levitt Kirson Chartered Accountants. Mr Glasenberg has been a director of Glencore and a member of its Board since June 2001.

Mr Glasenberg is a director of Xstrata plc.

Willy Strothotte

Non-Executive Director

Mr Strothotte has been a non-executive director since May 2001 as a nominee of Glencore.

From 1961 to 1978 Mr. Strothotte held various positions with responsibility for international trading in metals and minerals in Germany, Belgium and the USA. In 1978 Mr Strothotte joined Glencore, taking up the position of Head of Metals and Minerals in 1984.

Mr Strothotte was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Glencore in 1993 and held the combined positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 until 2001. M Strothotte is currently Chairman of Glencore.

Mr Strothotte is director and Chairman of Xstrata plc and a director of Century Aluminium Corporation and a director of KKR Financial Holdings LLC.

John Morrison

BE (Hons), MBA, MAusIMM, MAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director

Non-executive director since December 1999, Mr Morrison is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations & Remuneration Committee and the Risk Management & Compliance Committee.

Mr Morrison is an executive director of Grant Samuel, a leading independent investment bank. He has broad experience in the finance and natural resources industry and since 1990 has been involved in providing advice to corporations in mergers, acquisitions, valuations, restructurings, financing and capital management. Prior to this he worked in engineering and construction in Australia and in the United Kingdom.

Mr Morrison is also a non-executive director of HFA Accelerator Plus Limited.

Malcolm Macpherson

BSc (Canterbury), Cert.Acctg, FAICD, FAusIMM, FTSE
Independent Non-Executive Director

Non-executive director since April 2002, Mr Macpherson is Chairman of the Risk Management & Compliance Committee and a member of the the Nominations & Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.

Before joining the Board, Mr Macpherson was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Iluka Resources Limited, a major Western Australian resources company. In addition to his previous board appointments, Mr Macpherson served as Senior Vice President of the Minerals Council of Australia in 2000 and as President of the Chamber of Minerals & Energy (WA) in 1990 - 1994.

Mr Macpherson is also a director of Portman Limited and Titanium Corporation Inc.

Steven Isaacs

B Com, B Acc, MBA CASA (South Africa)
Alternate Non-Executive Director

Mr Isaacs has been the alternate non-executive director for Mr W Strothotte since December 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Management & Compliance Committee.

Mr Isaacs joined Glencore in 1995 to focus on nickel and copper project development. Since 2003 Mr Isaacs has been responsible for Glencore Finance AG, a financial markets investment vehicle. Prior to joining Glencore, Mr Isaacs worked for Investec Bank in the corporate finance division.