RNS Number:1902P
Ballarat Goldfields N.L.
22 July 2005

BALLARAT GOLDFIELDS NL 
A.C.N. 006 245 441
ASX and Media release: 22 July 2005

                          Appointment of New Director

Ballarat Goldfields NL (BGF) is pleased to announce that Mr Alister Maitland has
accepted an invitation to join the Board of BGF as a non-executive director
effective from 22 July 2005.

Mr Maitland, aged 64, is a former executive of the ANZ Banking Group Ltd. In a
career spanning 35 years, in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, he
held many key roles within the organisation, including Chief Economist and
Managing Director of ANZ New Zealand. During his last 6 years he was on the main
board of the bank as Executive Director International, directly responsible for
the Group's operations in 42 countries.

He is currently chairman of ASX listed Folkestone Ltd, the Eastern Health
Network, Victoria, and a director of Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad in
Malaysia.

Mr Maitland is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the
Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Banking. He
is an honorary trustee for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia
and Adjunct Professor & Council Member, Global Sustainability, RMIT.

Following the establishment of an audit committee of the Board of BGF, it is
expected that Mr Maitland will be appointed to the position of chairman of that
committee.

The BGF Board is confident that shareholders will benefit from the banking and
finance skills that Mr Maitland will bring to BGF during this important phase in
the Company's growth.


For further information, please visit our website www.ballarat-goldfields.com.au
or contact Joel Forwood, Manager Corporate and Markets, on 03 5327 1111.

                                                                    Rule 3.19A.1

                                  Appendix 3X


                       Initial 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 BALLARAT GOLDFIELDS NL
ABN 50 006 245 441

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.1
and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the
Corporations Act.

Name of Director                            ALISTER MAITLAND

Date of appointment                         22 JULY 2005

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
part.

Number & class of securities
NIL


Part 2 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is
not the registered holder
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                        Number & class of
                                                           Securities
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to  NIL
the relevant interest.

Part 3 - 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                                                       NIL
Nature of interest
Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)
No. and class of securities to which interest relates




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