Executive Chairman Appointment and resignation of non-executive director 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”) Executive Chairman Appointment and Resignation of Non-Executive Director Tawana Resources NL (ASX:TAW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Wayne Richards as its Executive Chairman. Mr Richards has a career spanning almost 30 years in the design, development and commissioning/expansion of several major iron ore and nickel projects (greenfield and brownfield). Mr Richards has an extensive mining background at a senior executive and management level, with indepth experience in mineral processing and project management. Mr Richards was recently Managing Director of Brockman Resources Ltd and previously worked with BHP Billiton Iron Ore, Anaconda Nickel and QNI-Billiton. He is also currently a non-executive director of ASX-listed NSL Consolidated Ltd (ASX:NSL). Mr Richards has extensive experience and knowledge in the transformation of early-stage companies into producers, strong corporate governance and fiduciary knowledge, as well as vast public company directorship experience. The Company welcomes the appointment of Mr Richards to his new role and looks forward to his hands-on experience and support in the development of the Mofe Creek Project. Tawana’s Managing Director, Len Kolff said “Mr Richards brings to the Company additional corporate and technical skills required to transform Tawana from an explorer into a developer and future producer. His experience at Brockman Resources brings critical skills to the Board and Management team for the future development and execution of our business plan through to first production. We are extremely pleased to have been able to attract a Director with the caliber and background of Wayne and welcome him to the Tawana team.” Concurrent to the appointment of Mr Richards to the Board, which takes effect immediately, is the resignation of Non-executive Director, Mr Julian Babarczy. The Board and the Company would like to express its sincere appreciation and gratitude for Mr Babarczy’s contribution as a director during his appointment and wishes him all the best in his future endeavors. For further information please contact; Lennard Kolff van Oosterwijk MD Tawana Resources Tel: +61 7 35102115, Mob: +61 424942589 15 August 2013 Sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd Date: 15/08/2013 09:40:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.