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Brockman Mining Limited Board/Management Information 2014

Jan 8, 2014

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Board/Management Information

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

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BROCKMAN MINING LIMITED 布萊克萬礦業有限公司 *

(incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(SEHK Stock Code: 159)

(ASX Stock Code: BCK)

RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The board of directors (the “Board”) of Brockman Mining Limited (the “Company”) announces that Mr. Lau Kwok Kuen Eddie (“Mr. Lau”) has tendered his resignation as independent nonexecutive Director, the chairman of the audit committee, remuneration committee, nomination committee and as a member of the recently established special committee of the Company with effect from 8 January 2014 due to his other personal commitment. On the same date, Mr. Yap Fat Suan, Henry (“Mr. Yap”) has been appointed as independent non-executive director and the chairman of each of the audit committee, remuneration committee, nomination committee, and as member of the recently established special committee of the Company to fill the vacancies following the resignation of Mr. Lau.

RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR

Mr. Lau has tendered his resignation as independent non-executive Director, the chairman of the audit committee, remuneration committee, nomination committee and as a member of the recently established special committee of the Company with effect from 8 January 2014 due to his other personal commitment. Mr. Lau has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there are no matters in relation to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

The Board would like to express its sincere appreciation to Mr. Lau for his valuable efforts and contributions to the Company during his tenure of office as an independent non-executive Director of the Company.

* For identification purpose only

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APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

Mr. Yap Fat Suan, Henry (“Mr. Yap”) has been appointed as independent non-executive director and the chairman of each of the audit committee, remuneration committee, nomination committee, and as member of the recently established special committee of the Company to fill the vacancies following the resignation of Mr. Lau.

Mr. Yap Fat Suan, Henry, aged 68, holds a master degree in Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in the United Kingdom. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has extensive experience in finance and accounting. He retired as the managing director of Johnson Matthey Hong Kong Limited in June 2007 and prior to that appointment he was the general manager of Sun Hung Kai China Development Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director of China WindPower Group Limited (“CWP”) and DVN (Holdings) Limited (“DVN”), which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. Save as disclosed herein, Mr. Yap has not been a director of any listed companies in the last 3 years.

Mr. Yap will enter into a service contract with the Company. Mr. Yap is appointed for a term of 3 years and he shall hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company and thereafter shall be subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the Company’s annual general meetings in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company and the Listing Rules. Mr. Yap will be entitled to an annual remuneration of approximately HK$228,000. Mr. Yap’s remuneration is determined with reference to his duties and responsibilities in the Company and the market benchmark and is approved by the remuneration committee of the Company.

To the best knowledge of the directors of the Company, and save that one of the executive director of the Company, Mr. Chan Kam Kwan Jason, is also an executive director of CWP and the company secretary of DVN, Mr. Yap does not have any relationship with any directors, senior management or substantial and controlling shareholders of the Company.

As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Yap was interested in 400,000 shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. There is no information relating to Mr. Yap that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2) (h) to (v) of the Listing Rules. Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company regarding the appointment of Mr. Yap.

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The Board would like to take this opportunity to express its warmest welcome to Mr. Yap in joining the Company.

By order of the board of directors of Brockman Mining Limited Chan Kam Kwan, Jason

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 8 January 2014

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. Kwai Sze Hoi (Chairman), Mr. Liu Zhengui (Vice Chairman) and Mr. Ross Stewart Norgard as nonexecutive directors; Mr. Luk Kin Peter Joseph (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Chan Kam Kwan, Jason (Company Secretary) and Mr. Warren Talbot Beckwith as executive directors; and Mr. Yap Fat Suan, Henry, Mr. Uwe Henke Von Parpart and Mr. Yip Kwok Cheung, Danny as independent non-executive directors.

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