The board of directors of Hao Tian Resources Group Limited announced that Dr. Zhiliang Ou, JP has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the company with effect from 11 June 2012. Upon his appointment as an independent non-executive Director of the company, Dr. Ou will also be appointed as a member of the audit committee, a member of the remuneration committee and a member of the nomination committee of the company with effect from 11 June 2012. Dr. Ou has 23 years professional engineering and management experience in oil & gas, mining and infrastructure industries both in Australia and China. He has been a senior staff member in the energy & resource firms including Kellogg Brown & Root, WorleyParsons Pty Ltd., as well as Sedgman Ltd. He is currently a Guest Professor for Inner Mongolia University and a Guest Professor for Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology in China. Dr. Ou was appointed as a Justice of Peace in 2007 by the Governor of the State of Western Australia. He was a council member of the Royal Association of Justices, Western Australia Fremantle Branch in 2007 to 2008 as well as 2010 to 2011. Dr. Ou is a member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia.