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Tawana - Change Of Auditor And Correction

Release Date: 04/04/2006 09:05
Code(s): TAW
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Tawana - Change Of Auditor And Correction Tawana Resources NL (Incorporated in Australia) (Registration number ACN 085 166 721) Share code on the JSE Limited: TAW ISIN: AU000000TAW7 Share code on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited: TAW ISIN: AU000000TAW7 ("Tawana" or "the Company") CHANGE OF AUDITOR AND CORRECTION Tawana has resolved, subject to shareholder approval, to change its auditor at its next Annual General Meeting which is scheduled in May 2006. Mr Frank Spencer was a partner of PKF Chartered Accountants from 1 September 2003 to 31 December 2005, when he retired. Immediately prior to joining PKF, Mr Spencer was a partner of Spencer & Co Chartered Accountants ("Spencer & Co"), who were previously the auditors of Tawana. Mr Spencer joined PKF as a partner following the merger of Spencer & Co with PKF on 1 September 2003, and Spencer & Co ceased its audit activities from that date. Subsequent to the above merger, whilst Mr Frank Spencer was a partner with PKF, the audit reports of Tawana for the years ended 31 December 2003 and 31 December 2004, and the audit review reports for Tawana"s half year financial reports ended 30 June 2003 and 30 June 2004, were signed by PKF. However, this was due to a misinterpretation of the requirements of the Corporations Act. In accordance with the Corporations Act, Mr Frank Spencer continued as the auditor of Tawana from 1 September 2003 in a personal appointment capacity and should have signed the audit and audit review reports for these periods in his capacity as auditor of Tawana. This was corrected by Tawana for the June 2005 half year financial report and the year end financial report for 31 December 2005 As a consequence of the above, Tawana advises that the "Notice under section 708A(6) of the Corporations Act" released to ASX on 16 December 2006 was defective as technically the Company has not complied with the provisions of Chapter 2M. Notwithstanding this misinterpretation, the audited and audit review accounts of Tawana for the above mentioned respective periods are otherwise accurate and comply with all necessary legal and financial reporting requirements. For enquires contact: Wolf Marx Tel: +61 3 99097551 Mob: 0428 398446 Email:wolf.marx@tawana.com.au Andrew Smith Tel: 08 82768794 Mob: 0428 265205 Email: andrew.smith@tawana.com.au All press releases and announcements may be inspected on the Company"s web site, namely: www.tawana.com.au 4 April 2006 Sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance (Pty) Limited Date: 04/04/2006 09:05:28 AM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department

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