GIP Gippsland

RNS Number:1969W
Gippsland Limited
08 May 2007

2007-05-08

Gippsland Limited ("Gippsland" or the "Company")

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APPOINTMENT OF LONDON-BASED DIRECTOR
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Gippsland (ASX & AIM: "GIP") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jon
Starink, aged 56, to the Company's Board of Directors, effective today.

Mr Starink's qualifications include Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours
(University of Sydney), a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with First Class
Honours (University of Sydney) and a Master of Applied Science (University of
Sydney).

His academic achievements include; Union Carbide Prize in Inorganic Chemistry,
Western Mining Prize in Chemical Engineering and Beckman Coulter Postgraduate
Prize for Best Overall Performance in Molecular Biotechnology. He held the
position of Deputy Head Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University
of Technology during 1984-85 & 1987.

Based in London, Jon Starink is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Chartered
Scientist and a Chartered Industrial Chemist, a Fellow of the Institution of
Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Member of the
Royal Australian Chemical Institute and a Member of The Metallurgical Society.

His corporate experience encompasses, inter alia, board level corporate
governance; executive corporate management and administration; corporate finance
& strategic business development; technical and financial project audit &
evaluation; introductions to capital markets and investment risk management.

He has 30 years experience in the mining industry in the role of both executive
and non-executive director. His extensive practical and operational experience
includes engineering design and project management; mining exploration
management; science and engineering research & development and process
innovation & development.

Of particular relevance, for ten years he served in senior technical and
engineering roles with the Sons of Gwalia Ltd Greenbushes tantalum-tin project
where he was directly responsible for process development, project design and
construction management for the tin smelter and tantalum extraction projects.

Gippsland Executive Chairman Mr Jack Telford stated "I take this opportunity to
welcome Jon to the Gippsland Board. I am very confident that his technical and
corporate experience will make an important contribution to the rapid growth and
development of the Company. In particular his solid understanding of the
tantalum extractive and processing industry will be of considerable benefit in
bringing the 40 million tonne Abu Dabbab tantalum-tin project into production."

During the past 5 years Mr Starink, who presently holds no interest in the
ordinary share capital of Gippsland, has held the following positions acting in
the capacity of a director:

CURRENT DIRECTORSHIPS
Australian Bioscience & Technology Investments Pty Ltd
Camelot Trust
Chemical & Extractive Metallurgical Engineering Pty Ltd
Jadion Limited
Jumbo Corporation Limited
Lazarus Foundation Pty Ltd
Mining Management Services Pty Ltd
Moondarra Pty Ltd
Westdata Pty Ltd
Zutphen Pty Ltd

PREVIOUS DIRECTORSHIPS HELD DURING PAST 5 YEARS
Peninsular Gold Limited
Biomolecular Technologies Limited

In compliance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, the Company advises that at
the age of 23 years he changed his name from Jan Schut to Jon Starink (for
family reasons). No other information is required to be disclosed pursuant to
Schedule 2(g) of the LSE-AIM Rules.

RJ (Jack) Telford
Executive Chairman

For further information please contact:

Jack Telford                            Les Polden / Luke Cairns
Gippsland Limited                       Hoodless Brennan Plc
www.gippslandltd.com                    Tel: +44 (0)20 7538 1166
Tel: +61 (0)8 9340 6000                 L.Polden@HBcorporate.com
jtelford@gippslandltd.com               L.Cairns@HBcorporate.com

Laurence Read / Ed Portman              Fiona Owen
Conduit PR                              Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Tel: +44 (0)20 7429 6605 / 6607         Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 5100
Laurence@conduitpr.com                  Fiona.Owen@gtuk.com
Ed@conduitpr.com





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