Board Appointment

AIM and Media Release 

22 February 2018

BASE RESOURCES LIMITED
Board Appointment

Base Resources Limited (ASX & AIM: BSE) (Base Resources or the Company) is pleased to advise the appointment, effective 1 February 2018, of Diane Radley to the Board as an independent non-executive director, bringing significant and diverse African, business leadership, strategy and financing experience to the Company. 

Diane has an exceptional pedigree in African business having most recently served as CEO of Old Mutual Investment Group, Africa’s largest asset manager.  Prior to this, she was Chief Financial Officer with both Old Mutual South Africa and Allied Electronics Corporation, and Partner-in-charge of the Transaction Services Group in the Johannesburg office of PricewaterhouseCoopers.  In 2015, she was recognised as “Africa’s Leading Woman in Business” by African Investor (New York).

She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited, chairs the Board of Marriot Unit Trust Company Pty Limited and is a Trustee of the DG Murray Trust.

The appointment of Diane comes as part of the ongoing evolution of the Board to ensure the requisite capability to deliver on the significant opportunities in front of us. 

Further information disclosed for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies can be found at Appendix A.

ENDS.

APPENDIX A

The following information is disclosed in relation to the appointment of Diane Claire McCann (nee Radley) (51 years old) to the board of Base Resources.

In the past 5 years, Mrs Radley (McCann) has held the following positions where she was acting in the capacity of a director:

Current Company Directorships	Previous Company Directorships
Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd	Old Mutual Capital Partners (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Real Estate Holding Company Pty Ltd	Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
Marriot Unit Trust Management Company RF Pty Limited	Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) Holdings (Pty) Limited
	Old Mutual Property (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
	Old Mutual Specialised Finance (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
	Business Venture Investments No 1457 (Pty) Limited
	Futuregrowth Asset Management (Pty) Limited

Mrs Radley (McCann) holds no relevant interest in the Company's ordinary share capital.

There is no other information in relation to Mrs Radley (McCann) that requires disclosure pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies.

CORPORATE PROFILE

Directors
Keith Spence (Non-Executive Chairman)
Tim Carstens (Managing Director)
Colin Bwye (Executive Director)
Sam Willis (Non-Executive Director)
Michael Stirzaker (Non-Executive Director)
Malcolm Macpherson (Non-Executive Director)
Diane Radley (Non-Executive Director)

Company Secretary
Chadwick Poletti

NOMINATED ADVISOR & BROKERS
RFC Ambrian Limited
As Nominated Adviser:
Andrew Thomson / Stephen Allen
Phone: [phone]
As Joint Broker:
Jonathan Williams
Phone: [phone]

Numis Securities Limited
As Joint Broker:
John Prior / James Black / Paul Gillam
Phone:  [phone]

SHARE REGISTRY:  ASX
Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited
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PERTH WA 6000
Enquiries: 1300 850 505 / [phone]
www.computershare.com.au

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