Directorate Change

White Nile Limited
07 November 2005

7 November 2005



               White Nile Limited ('White Nile' or 'the Company')

                      'Appoints Chief Operations Officer'


White Nile Ltd, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration company, has appointed
Mr. Philip Ward as Chief Operations Officer with immediate effect.


Mr. Ward has over 25 years executive experience within the oil and gas industry.
He has spent considerable time in Sudan, Libya and Singapore and has worked with
major companies and industry consultants including Repsol, AGIP, Lasmo, Lundin,
Petronas and Tecknica on oil & gas exploration, production and financial
projects.


Until recently, Mr. Ward was a director of Lundin Sudan BV where he managed the
Company's US$305 million exploration and production budget, ensured compliance
to partners and government in regards to the Exploration and Production Sharing
Agreement with the Government of Sudan, as well as the Joint Operating Agreement
with partners.  He also negotiated all contracts and raised sale and purchase
agreements of oil assets in Sudan in excess of US$142 million and was
responsible for the financial operation of three onshore blocks.  When Lundin
Sudan BV was bought out by PetronasCarigali White Nile (5B) Ltd in May 2003, he
initially assumed the role of General Manager.


Prior to this he was an independent consultant to the oil and gas industry,
providing advice on projects including the production and manufacturer of gas
metering systems, a 20,000 barrels per day refinery and a 200,000 per day
refinery and a five-year government-to-government loan package in excess of $750
million for a civil contract overseas. He also worked as General Manager for
Gunny Oilfield Services Ltd based in Libya where he focussed primarily on water
injection oil projects.


From 1989-1999 he was Commercial Manager and Branch Manager in Libya for Teknica
(UK) Ltd.  Teknica, one of the world's largest independent consulting companies
to the oil and gas industry, is a high technology company providing integrated
geological, geophysical, petrophysical and engineering consulting services.
Initially he was advisor to the CEO of Umm Al Jawaby Oil Service Company and the
national oil company of Libya to develop, establish and manage an engineering
and project management company to provide services to the oil, gas and
hydrocarbons industry.


He negotiated and was responsible for all joint venture activities of the
company between Amec, John Brown and Agra Monenco (Canada) and established a
work force of in excess of 650 in Canada, Italy and Libya.  He also negotiated
on behalf of the company in the 1991 REPSOL Waha Fareg infield development,
capital circa $1.5 billion, and feasibility studies for LASMO Elephant field,
including at a later stage conceptual design and front-end engineering.  A five
year Technical Service Agreement for AGIP Oil Libya was also negotiated which
generated revenue of in the excess of £25 million per year, showing post tax
profit in excess of £1.5 million.


Other duties at Teknica included the supervision of proposals and tenders,
recruitment of personnel, litigation and contract negotiation, preparation of
five year business plans and budgeting control and responsible for all
procurement and logistics activities and financial results.


Between 1977-1999 he worked for engineering and construction company Brown and
Root. Based in the UK and Libya he fulfilled various roles including in country
Manager for Libya, responsible for all activities within the oil and gas
industry, in North Africa.  Prior to this he was responsible for Brown and Root
(Middle East) Ltd operations in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.
Responsibilities in Libya included the supervision of two major projects namely
the Engineering and Project Management of the Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas processing
project ($3 billion phase I) and ongoing maintenance project for Sirte Oil
Company.


White Nile Chairman Phil Edmonds said: 'Philip's in-depth experience of the oil
and gas industry will be invaluable to the Company, in particular, the
experience he has gained whilst working in South Sudan.  Since 2001 he has been
financially responsible for three operating blocks located close to our block,
working closely with the Government of Sudan and spending considerable time out
in the field.   I believe that Philip, who will be based at our office in Juba,
will provide an extremely positive impetus for the Company.'


The following information is given in relation to Mr. Ward as required by the
AIM rules.


Philip Francis Xavier Ward, aged 51, is or has been during the past five years a
director or partner of the following companies or partnerships:


Past

Lundin Sudan BV


There is no other information that falls to be disclosed under Schedule 2
paragraph (f) of the AIM rules.


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Contacts:

Phil Edmonds               White Nile Ltd                     Tel: [phone]

Hugo de Salis              St Brides Media & Finance Ltd      Tel: [phone]


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