VARISCAN MINES LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2002

Dec 8, 2002

Level 1, 80 Chandos Street, St Leonards, NSW 2065 (PO Box 956, Crows Nest NSW 1585) Telephone: (02) 9906 5220 Facsimile: (02) 9906 5233

9 December 2002

Companies Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Limited

Appendix 3Z

We refer to the announcement made on 12 November 2002 which advised of the resignation of Mr Glenn E Goodacre as a Non-Executive Director and we now attach completed Appendix 3Z.

PLATSEARCH NL

Robert J Waring Company Secretary

Appendix 3Z

Rule 3.19A.3

Final 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 30/9/2001.

Name of entity	PlatSearch NL
ABN	16 003 254 395

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.3 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of director	Glenn Elliott Goodacre
Date of last notice	18 February 2002
Date that director ceased to be director	11 November 2002

Part 1 – Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder 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 nart

Number & class of securities

• ۰ 200,000 unquoted ordinary share paid to 1 cent (24 cents payable);
• 50,000 unquoted options with an exercise price of 25 cents which expire on 26 November 2004 (Employee Share Option Scheme);
• 40,000 unquoted options with an exercise price of 25 cents which expire on $\bullet$ 30 November 2006 (Employee Share Option Scheme).

Under the rules of the PlatSearch Employee Share Option Scheme the 90,000 options expire on 9 February 2003, being 90 days after Mr Goodacre ceased to be a director of PlatSearch NL.

⁺ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Part 2 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder

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.

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

Name of holder & nature of interest Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to	Number & class of securities
the relevant interest	None

Part 3 – Director's interests in contracts

Detail of contract	None
Nature of interest
Name of registered holder (if issued securities)
No. and class of securities to which interest relates

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⁺ See chapter 19 for defined terms.