Directorate

Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ld
5 November 1999


                            BHP SENIOR APPOINTMENT                            

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) today announced the
appointment of John Fast as Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel for the
Company.  Mr Fast's role will have particular emphasis on commercial
transactions and negotiations and he is expected to join the Company toward
the end of 1999.

Mr Fast, a senior commercial partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler, has been a
partner at that firm for more than 23 years.  He has extensive experience in
mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, trusts and complex property
structuring and has expertise in floats, public offerings, underwritings and
public company reconstructions. He will be a member of both BHP's Policy
Committee and Management Committee.
 
Richard St John will assume the role of Corporate General Counsel and Company
Secretary, with particular emphasis on corporate governance issues.  Mr St
John, who is currently BHP General Counsel and is a member of BHP's Management
Committee, will also take on the responsibilities of Company Secretary before
the end of this year. 

    

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