talkie newton joins board

Not sure if anyone has picked up on this one, but late last night LYC announced that Talkie Newton and Don Okeby have joined the board.
Those that have followed the Hill 50 crew(Newton,Okeby, Peter's Cook and Cunningham) will know of their reputation for making money for their shareholders and especially themselves!
Hill 50 takenover, Abelle takenover, recently listed Bluestone Tin doing very well, the crew recently got control of Metals Ex and now taking on rare earths with LYC.
Nic Curtis and Jake Stein both ex Macquarie Bank are also on board. Nic is running the show.
Here's the announcement. Cheers John
24 November 2004
Board Changes

Lynas Corporation Ltd ("Lynas") advises the following changes to the composition of its Board
which took effect after the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 November 2004.

New Appointments

Mr. Peter John Newton and Mr. Donald Mark Okeby have been appointed as non-executive
directors of the Company.

Mr. Newton was a stockbroker for 25 years until 1994. Since then he has been a significant
participant in the Australian resource industry as an investor and a director of a number of listed
companies. In recent years he has been the Chairman of both Hill 50 Limited and Abelle Limited.
He is presently Chairman of Bluestone Tin Limited and a director of Metals Exploration Limited.

Mr. Okeby has considerable experience in the resources industry both as a Solicitor and as a
director of listed companies. He holds an LLM. In recent years he has been an executive director
of Hill 50 Limited and Abelle Limited. He is presently a director of Bluestone Tin Limited and
Metals Exploration Limited.

The Board welcomes Mr. Newton and Mr. Okeby who both provide invaluable and unique
experience to our Company.

Resignations Mr. Brian Davidson (Chairman) and Mr. Wang Ou (Executive Director) have both resigned as
directors of the Company. Brian Davidson retires from the Board after having given invaluable
guidance to take the Company from $12 million market capitalisation to over $80 million. The
Board wishes to acknowledge Brian's contribution and thank him for his services. Mr. Wang
remains as a senior executive of the Company but is moving to China as President of our China
operations and as such cannot devote the time required by a director to the general affairs of the
Company.

Chairman

Mr. Nicholas Curtis has been appointed Executive Chairman of the Company.