MINERAL RESOURCES LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 2, 2012

Appendix 3Y Change of Director’s Interest Notice

Rule 3.19A.2

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director’s Interest Notice

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 30/09/01 Amended 01/01/11

Name of entity	Mineral Resources Limited
ABN	33 118 549 910

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.2 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director	Chris Ellison
Date of last notice	28 March 2012

Part 1 - Change of director’s relevant interests in securities

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (i) of the definition of “notifiable interest of a director” should be disclosed in this part.

Direct or indirect interest	Indirect
Nature of indirect interest(including registered holder)Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevantinterest.	Sandini Pty Ltd – 26,741,250 sharesWabelo Pty Ltd – 55,750 sharesEllison Superannuation Pty Ltd – 241,000shares
Date of change	3 September 2012
No. of securities held prior to change	27,000,000
Class	Ordinary Shares
Number acquired	38,000
Number disposed	Nil
Value/ConsiderationNote: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and estimatedvaluation	$277,040
No. of securities held after change	27,038,000

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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NEisb	ature of change			On-market trade
	xample: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options,sue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in
	uy-back
	rt 2 – Chane of director’s interests in contra			ts

Part 2 – Change of director’s interests in contracts

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of “notifiable interest of a director” should be disclosed in this part.

Detail of contract	Detail of contract	Detail of contract	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Nature of interest
Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)
Dt f h
ae o cange
No. and class of securitiesitt ltd i t h	to	hich
neres reae pror o caNote: Details are only required for	ngea cont	ract in
relation to which the interest has chang	ed
Interest acquired
Interest disposed
VlCidti
aue/onseraonNote: If consideration is non-cash, p	rovide	details
and an estimated valuation
Interest after change
Part 3 –+Closed period
Were the interests in the	sec	urities or contr		acts detailed		ot traded in a cl	osed period
above traded during a+cclearancewasrequired?	lose	d period where		prior written			.
If so, was prior written cleato proceed during this perio	rand?	ce provided to al		low the trade	P	rior written clearovided.	rance was
If prior written clearance was provided, on what date wasthis provided?					31 August 2012

Part 3 –[+] Closed period

Were the interests in the securities or contracts detailed	Not traded in a closed period.
above traded during a+closed period where prior written
clearancewasrequired?
If so, was prior written clearance provided to allow the trade	Prior written clearance was
to proceed during this period?	provided.
If prior written clearance was provided, on what date was	31 August 2012
this provided?

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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