Heron Resources Limited - Board of Directors

Craig Leslie Readhead

B.Juris., LL.B.
Appointed 3 September 2001
Position: Chairman (Non-Executive)

Craig Readhead is a Lawyer with over 30 years legal and corporate advisory experience with specialisation in the resources sector, including the implementation of large scale mining projects both in Australia and overseas. Mr Readhead is a former president of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association and is the Managing Partner of specialist mining and corporate law firm Pullinger Readhead Lucas.

Norman Mathew Longworth

BSc (Hons), MAusIMM
Appointed 3 May 2004
Position: Managing Director (Executive)

Mathew Longworth is a Geologist with over 20 years exploration and development experience, having commenced his career with Shell/Billiton. Mr Longworth spent the period 1990 through to 2003 managing exploration in the Kalgoorlie district for large Australian gold producers. Mr Longworth joined Heron in December 2003 as Exploration Manager, becoming Executive Director Exploration in 2004 and Chief Operating Officer in January 2006. Mr Longworth was appointed Managing Director in January of 2007.

Ian James Buchhorn

BSc (Hons), Dip Geosci (Min Econ), MAusIMM
Appointed 17 February 1995
Position: Executive Director Strategy (Executive)

Ian Buchhorn is a Mineral Economist and Geologist with over 30 years experience. Prior to listing Heron in 1996 as founding Managing Director, Mr Buchhorn worked with Anglo American Corporation in southern Africa, and Comalco, Shell/Billiton and Elders Resources in Australia, as well as setting up and managing Australia's first specialist mining grade control consultancy. Mr Buchhorn has worked on feasibility studies, bauxite and industrial mineral mining and exploration, gold and base metal project generation, and in corporate evaluations. For the last 20 years Mr Buchhorn has acquired and developed mining projects throughout the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia and operated as a Registered Mine Manager.

Stephen Bruce Dennis

BCom, BLLB, GDipAppFin(Finsia), CFTP
Appointed 6 December 2006
Position: Director (Non-Executive)

Stephen Dennis has been actively involved in the mining industry for over 25 years. He spent 14 years in senior management roles at MIM Holdings Limited, was Group General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of Minara Resources Limited until late 2005 and was Regional Director of the minerals transportation and logistics business of Brambles Australia Limited in Western Australia until late 2006. Mr Dennis is currently the CEO and Managing Director of CBH Resources Limited, a Sydney based resources company.

Kenneth John Hellsten

BSc (Hons), FAusIMM
Appointed 19 December 2006
Position: Director (Non-Executive)

Kenneth Hellsten is a Geologist who has worked continuously in the resources industry for over 25 years. He has been employed in senior executive roles ranging from exploration to development and operations in both large and small organisations. During the past 15 years Mr Hellsten has led teams responsible for the completion of feasibility studies, project development of Cawse and Ravensthorpe HPAL nickel laterite projects. Mr Hellsten went on to commission and ramp-up the Cawse Nickel Operation which achieved design autoclave throughput within 21 months, the best performance of the WA HPAL projects. He held senior executive roles with BHP Billiton, Centaur Mining and Billiton Australia, including President of the Ravensthorpe Nickel Project.

Robert George Klug

BCom, LL.B.
Appointed February 2008
Position: Company Secretary

Robert Klug was appointed as Heron's Commercial Manager and General Counsel in February 2007 and Company Secretary in early 2008. Mr Klug has held accounting, senior legal and corporate finance roles in his 15 year career. Initially trained as an auditor with KPMG Perth, Mr Klug worked in London as a corporate lawyer after having completed his law degree at Murdoch University in Perth. Upon his return to Perth, Mr Klug joined Freehills Perth Office, where he worked almost exclusively with small and mid capital resource companies. After a number of years at Freehills Mr Klug worked in corporate finance as a Director of Carmichael Capital Markets. In 2005, Mr Klug became General Manager Business Development with St Barbara Limited.