ASX and Media Release: 4 August 2015

ASX code: RXM

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

The Board of Rex Minerals (Rex) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Mitch Hooke to the role of
Non-Executive Director, effective 4 August 2015.
Mr Hooke is globally recognised for his in-depth knowledge and strategic leadership in both Australian and global public policy advocacy as well as practical operational issues affecting various industries contributions to national social and economic welfare.
Mr Hooke retired as Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) at the end of 2013, a position he had held since June 2002. This brought to a close just over a quarter of a century of industry leadership in public policy advocacy and representation in the development of economic, social and environmental policy and practice across the agricultural, food and grocery, and mining industries in Australia and globally.
Before joining the MCA, Mr Hooke served as inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Food and Grocery Council and, prior to that, he was Executive Director of the Grains Council of Australia. Mr Hooke is born of the land and began his career as an agricultural adviser on Queensland's Darling Downs where he pioneered zero-tillage ecological farming systems.
Mr Hooke is Chairman of Partners in Performance International and a member of the Advisory Board of Partners in Performance (North America), a global management consulting firm with specialist skills and business model in performance improvement and business transformation across minerals resources, agricultural, industrial manufacturing and services industries. Mr Hooke is a Non-Executive Director of GTL Energy Ltd, a technology company in the early stages of commercialising proprietary technology to upgrade low-rank coals. He was recently appointed an Independent Director of Grain Producers Australia, the national not-for-profit body which represents Australia's broadacre grain, pulse and oilseed producers. Mr Hooke is also a Member and Director of secondary and tertiary educational institutions.
Mr Hooke was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Elgin National Industries (USA), a Chicago-based private equity global group of companies servicing the mining, minerals processing, and bulk materials handling industries in engineering and construction and industrial plant equipment. He was a Director of the Australian operations, Roberts & Schaefer, Australia. Mr Hooke was also formerly a Director of Australian Trade and Industry Alliance Pty Ltd established to promulgate cross-industry public policy.
Mr Hooke has a Bachelor's Degree in Rural Science from the University of New England. In 2010 he was awarded the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his contribution to the nation's social and economic welfare through strategic leadership and development of public policy.

In welcoming Mr Hooke to the Board, Rex Minerals' Chairman David Carland said: "Mitch Hooke has an outstanding track record of achievement in global industry development and business generally and a unique specialisation in the minerals industry, particularly in public policy, advocacy and stakeholder interaction. The knowledge and experience that Mitch Hooke brings to Rex Minerals is of the highest order. His skills base will be of immense value to Rex as we seek to progress both the Company's broader business goals as well as the Hillside Copper-Gold Project on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia."
The ASX notification of interests disclosure in relation to Mr Hooke is attached to this announcement. For more information about Rex and its projects, please visit our website 'www.rexminerals.com.au' or contact:
Richard Laufmann (Managing Director) Phone: +61 (0)8 8299 7100
E-mail: [email protected]
For media and investor relations enquiry, please contact Gavan Collery on phone +61 419 372210 or email at '[email protected]'

Appendix 3X Initial Director's Interest Notice

Appendix 3X

Initial Director's Interest Notice

Rule 3.19A.1

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 REX MINERALS LTD

ABN 12 124 860 523

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.

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

55,143 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

11/3/2002 Appendix 3X Page 1

Appendix 3X

Initial Director's Interest Notice

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 Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.

MH & S Hooke Family Superannuation Fund P/L ATF MH & S Hooke Family Superannuation Fund

Number & class of Securities

50,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares

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.

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Appendix 3X Page 2 11/3/2002