RIEDEL RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2012

May 9, 2012

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

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 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

RIEDEL RESOURCES LIMITED

ABN

91 143 042 022

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

• 1 +Class of +securities issued or to Fully Paid Ordinary Shares be issued

• 2 Number of[+] securities issued or 634,790 to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

• 3 Principal terms of the[+] securities NA (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the+securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing+class of quoted+securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: • the date from which they do • the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment • the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets) 7 Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates 8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)	Yes	Yes
	11.5 cents
	Placement to Sophisticated and Professional investors. Funds raised will be applied to the Company’s projects in Western Australian and Burkina Faso.
	On 9 May 2012
	Number	+Class
	53,513,464 29,094,050	Fully paid Ordinary Shares Options expiry 30 November 2012, ex price $0.20

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)	Number	+Class
	25,900,000 8,000,000 1,500,000 500,000 2,666,667 2,666,667 2,666,666	Fully Paid Ordinary Shares subject to escrow ending 31 January 2013. Options - Escrowed expiry 30 June 2014, ex price $0.30 Options expiry 30 June 2014, ex price $0.30 Options expiry 30 June 2014, ex price $0.30 Performance rights vesting when the Company’s share price is equal to or greater than Au27 cents for 20 consecutive trading days, expiry 25 July 2014 Performance rights vesting when the Company’s share price is equal to or greater than Au36 cents for 20 consecutive trading days, expiry 25 July 2014 Performance rights vesting when the Company’s share price is equal to or greater than Au45 cents for 20 consecutive trading days, expiry 25 July 2014

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a N/A trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

• 11 Is security holder approval required?

• 12 Is the issue renounceable or nonrenounceable?

• 13 Ratio in which the[+] securities will be offered

• 14 +Class of +securities to which the offer relates

15 +Record date to determine entitlements 16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? 17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions 18 Names of countries in which the entity has+security holders who will not be sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. 19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations 20 Names of any underwriters 21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission 22 Names of any brokers to the issue 23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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24	Amount of any handling fee
	payable to brokers who lodge
	acceptances or renunciations on
	behalf of+security holders
25	If the issue is contingent on
	+security holders’ approval, the
	date of the meeting
26	Date entitlement and acceptance
	form and prospectus or Product
	Disclosure Statement will be sent
	to persons entitled
27	If the entity has issued options,
	and the terms entitle option
	holders to participate on
	exercise, the date on which
	notices will be sent to option
	holders
28	Date rights trading will begin (if
	applicable)
29	Date rights trading will end (if
	applicable)
30	How do+security holders sell
	their entitlements_in full_through
	a broker?
31	How do+security holders sell
	part of their entitlements
	through a broker and accept for
	the balance?
32	How do+security holders dispose
	of their entitlements (except by
	sale through a broker)?
33	+Despatch date

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities ( tick one ) (a)[Securities described in Part 1 ]

• (b)[All other securities ]

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

35 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

36 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories

• 1 - 1,000

1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which +quotation is sought

39 Class of +securities for which quotation is sought

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing[+] class of quoted[+] securities?

If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:

• the date from which they do

• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

• 41 Reason for request for quotation now

Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period

• (if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security)

Number +Class

42 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX ( including the securities in clause 38)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted +quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here: Date: 10 May 2012 (Executive Director and Company secretary)

Print name: Bruce Franzen

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Suite 1, 45 Ord Street West Perth WA 6005 Australia

10 May 2012

Australian Securities Exchange Exchange Plaza 2 The Esplanade PERTH WA 6000

Tel: +61 8 9226 0866 Fax: +61 8 9486 7375 PO Box 1559, West Perth WA 6872 Australia

www.riedelresources.com.au ABN: 91 143 042 022 ASX Code: RIE, RIEO

Dear Sir/Madam,

Notice given under Section 708A(5) of the Corporations Act

This notice is given by the Company under section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act in relation to an issue of 634,790 fully paid ordinary shares, by the Company without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act.

As at the date of this notice, the Company has complied with:

1. the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act as they apply to the Company; and

2. section 674 of the Corporations Act.

The Company confirms that, as at the date of this notice, there is no information that:

1. has been excluded from a continuous disclosure notice given to ASX in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules; and

2. investors and their professional advisers would reasonably require for the purpose of making an informed assessment of:

3. a. the assets and liabilities, financial position and performance, profits and losses and prospects of the Company; and

4. b. the rights and liabilities attaching to fully paid ordinary shares,

to the extent to which it would be reasonable for investors and their professional advisers to expect to find such information.

Yours faithfully,

Riedel Resources Limited

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Bruce Franzen

Executive Director