Indophil Resources NL - Board of Directors

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			BRIAN PHILLIPS (Chairman, Non-Executive) AWASM-Mining, FAusIMM, MIMMM. Appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 April 2005, Mr Phillips was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Company on 21 April 2005 and also serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr Phillips is a mining engineer with over 40 years experience in the mining industry in Australia and overseas. Mr Phillips joined MPI Mines Limited in 1992 and was managing director from October 2002 until December 2004, followed by two years as chairman of Leviathan Resources Limited. Mr Phillips is a past president of the Victorian Chamber of Mines (now the Minerals Council of Australia – Victorian division). Mr Phillips is also a director of Panoramic Resources Limited and White Rock Minerals Limited.

			RICHARD LAUFMANN (CEO and Managing Director) B Eng (Mining), MAusIMM, MAICD. Appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO/MD) on 13 June 2007, Mr Laufmann was previously a non-executive director following his original appointment on 1 May 2003. From August 2002 to March 2007, he was the chief executive officer and managing director of Ballarat Goldfields NL. From 1989 to 2001, Mr Laufmann worked for Western Mining Corporation (WMC) and held a number of managerial positions, including manager-mining at Kambalda nickel operations, general manager – St Ives and general manager – gold operations. From 1996 to 1997, Mr Laufmann was project study manager for WMC at the Tampakan Project. Mr Laufmann was appointed as Indophil’s nominated Director on the Sagittarius Mines, Inc. Board in February 2009. Mr Laufmann is a past chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia – Victorian division. Mr Laufmann is also a director of Rex Minerals Limited.

			TONY ROBBINS (Director, Executive) BSc (Hons), MSc MAusIMM, MIMMM, FAAG. Originally appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 July 2007, Mr Robbins was previously the managing director until 30 June 2007. Mr Robbins is a geologist/geochemist with over 40 years experience in the mining industry and has lived or worked in the South East Asia mining community for more than 20 years. From 1968 to 1996, Mr Robbins worked for WMC where he held a number of senior positions including operations manager, exploration manager – Eastern Australia and exploration manager – South East Asia/Pacific region and in his last position, he managed the exploration program and the team that discovered the Tampakan Project. Mr Robbins was also involved in the discoveries of the Benambra copper deposit, Junction, Redeemer and Yandan gold deposits, Edwin nickel deposit and Olympic Dam. He is a past president of the Philippine Mineral Exploration Association and is a former member of the board of the Philippine Chamber of Mines. Mr Robbins is Indophil`s representative in South East Asia and was Indophil’s nominated director on the Sagittarius Mines, Inc. Board until February 2009. Mr Robbins provides consultancy services to the Company.

			KYLE WIGHTMAN (Director, Non-Executive) BComm, MBA, FAICD, CFTP (Snr). Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 8 December 2006, Mr Wightman also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr Wightman is an economist, financier and business consultant with over 40 years experience, particularly relating to the feasibility, development and financing of major projects and investments. Mr Wightman has held a number of senior roles, including positions in CRA Limited (now Rio Tinto Limited) as treasurer – AM&S and treasurer-projects, in both Chase Manhattan Bank Australasia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited as head of project & structured finance, and in PricewaterhouseCoopers as director-projects. Mr Wightman now advises private and public sector clients on major projects through his own company, Tait Capital Pty Ltd. Mr Wightman has been involved in the development and financing of a number of major projects including Argyle Diamonds, Tarong Coal, Mount Channar Iron Ore, Misima Gold, Energy Developments Ltd, Melbourne City Link and the Loy Yang A Power Privatisation. Mr Wightman is also a director of Ivanhoe Australia Limited.

			DAVID CARLAND Non-Executive Director PhD (Econometrics); MEc; BEc (Hons) Appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 September 2011, Dr Carland holds a PhD (Econometrics), a Masters and a Bachelor (Honours) in Economics. He has over 30 years of investment banking and commercial experience in both the private sector and Government and is the co-founder of BurnVoir Corporate Finance Limited. BurnVoir is an independent, specialised investment banking firm focusing on the energy, resource and infrastructure sectors. Prior to establishing BurnVoir, Dr Carland was Executive Vice President and Head of Energy and Power at Bankers Trust, and before that he was Deputy Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance at UBS Australia. Dr Carland has also held senior executive roles with the CRA Group (now Rio Tinto), including management of the commercial arrangements for the purchase of the Gladstone Power Station. His roles have seen him based in the US and London. He is now based in Sydney.

			NICASIO I ALCANTARA (Director, Non-Executive) BA; MBA Appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 29 December 2011, Mr Alcantara holds a degree and a Masters degree in Business Administration. Mr Alcantara serves as Director in the Alcantara Group of Companies, including the Alsons Power Holdings Corporation. Mr Alcantara is a Director of a number of companies and corporations in the Philippines. Mr Alcantara is an experienced Director with over 40 years of involvement in both public and private companies. His diverse industry experience includes manufacturing, banking and finance, property, information technology, agriculture, and power and energy. He has served as an Executive Officer and maintained business interests in companies involved in cement, power and energy, financial services, agriculture and diversified holdings, among others. He has also served as the Chairman and President of a number of corporations with the Alsons Group. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Petron Corporation since July 2002 and from 2006 to January 2009 and as its Chairman from July 2001 to January 2009. He has been a Non-Executive Director at Site Group International Limited since October 2010 and has been a Director of Site Group Holdings since June 2009. He is a Director of the Philodrill Corporation, and has been Independent Director of Seafront Resources Corp. since 1995.