FSE - Firestone Announces Appointment Of New Director

FSE - Firestone Announces Appointment Of New Director                           
FIRESTONE ENERGY LIMITED                                                        
(formerly Centralian Minerals Limited)                                          
(Registration number: ABN 058 436 794)                                          
(SA company registration number: 200/023973/10                                  
Share code on the JSE: FSE                                                      
Share code on the ASX: FSE                                                      
ISIN: AU000000FSE6                                                              
("FSE" or "the Company")                                                        
FIRESTONE ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR                                 
Highlights:                                                                     
Appointment of highly experienced and credentialed mining engineer, Colin       
McIntyre to the Firestone Board will assist with implementation of mine         
development plans.                                                              
Further to its announcement of 12 June 2009, Firestone Energy Limited           
(ASX:FSE/JSE:FSE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Colin McIntyre as
Non-Executive Director, effective immediately.                                  
CEO, Mr Garth Higgo said:                                                       
"We are delighted to welcome Colin to our team.  Colin is a highly experienced  
and credentialed mining engineer, mining manager and company director, bringing 
to the Board 35 years experience in the mining industry, including fourteen     
years with Western Mining Corporation.  Colin`s extensive board experience and  
practical mining experience in open pit and underground mining will assist the  
company as we progress toward initial mine development later this year, with    
commencement of small scale mining by the end of the year, paving the way for a 
large scale open pit mining operation in 2011".                                 
About Firestone Energy                                                          
Firestone Energy Limited is a Perth based exploration and development company   
listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: FSE) and the Johannesburg Stock   
Exchange (JSE:FSE) that sources and develops viable mineral projects with a     
particular focus at this time on coal prospects in the Waterberg Coal Field,    
South Africa.                                                                   
The Company has joint ventures with Sekoko Coal over six farms located in the   
Waterberg coalfield in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. This coalfield is  
becoming increasingly important as coal reserves in the Witbank, Highveld and   
Ermelo coalfields of the Mpumalanga Province, which currently supply the        
majority of Eskom`s coal power stations, become depleted over the next 20-30    
years.                                                                          
The recently signed agreement with Sekoko Coal over four farms which add up to  
1.12 billion tonnes  of coal (saleable product) to its existing holdings in the 
Waterberg coal field is still subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.  
Information in this report that relates to exploration results, coal resources  
or reserves on the properties Smitspan 306LQ, Hooikraal 315LQ, Minnasvlakte     
258LQ and Massenberg 305LQ is based on information compiled by Ms Catherine     
Telfer who is employed by Venmyn Rand (Pty) Ltd and is a member of The          
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and The South African Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy.  Ms Telfer has sufficient experience which is relevant to
the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the  
activity which she is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in
the 2004 Edition of the "Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration     
Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves".  Ms Telfer consents to the        
inclusion in the report of the matters based on her information in the form and 
context in which it appears.                                                    
For more information please contact:                                            
Garth Higgo                                                                     
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
+61 (08) 9381-2755                                                              
www.firestoneenergy.com.au                                                      
Email:  enquiries@firestoneenergy.com.au                                        
Pretoria                                                                        
17 July 2009                                                                    
Sponsor                                                                         
River Group                                                                     
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