Competent Persons Consent Form

In order to assist Competent Persons and companies to comply with the requirements of the JORC Code, and to emphasise the need for companies to obtain the written consent of Competent Persons for their material to be included in the form and context in which it appears in the public report, ASX, together with JORC, have developed a Competent Person's Consent Form that incorporates these requirements

International Reciprocity of Competent Persons

The Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") introduced in 2003, a procedure for identifying "Recognised Overseas Professional Organisations" ("ROPO") as accredited organisations to which Competent Persons must belong for the purpose of preparing reports on Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves for submission to the ASX, if they are not members of the recognised Australian professional bodies, AusIMM or AIG. The following are the overseas professional organisations that are now recognised by the ASX for this purpose:

• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• Geological Society of London
• Institute of Geologists of Ireland
• European Geologist (EurGeol) members of the European Federation of Geologists¹
• Mining and Metallurgical Society of America
• American Institute of Professional Geologists
• SME Registered Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc.²
• Engineering Council of South Africa
• South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions
• Geological Society of South Africa
• South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors
• Professional Engineers Ontario
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland
• Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick
• Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of the Northwest Territories
• Ordre des Geologues du Quebec
• Ordre des Ingénieurs du Quebec
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan

¹ Note that it is only members entitled to the professional title EurGeol belonging to member associations of the EFG that are recognised as fulfilling the requirements for recognition as members of a ROPO, not members of the EFG generally.

² Note that it is only the SME Registered Member class of members that are recognised as fulfilling the requirements for recognition as a ROPO, not members of the SME generally.

Fuller details of the background and modus operandi of the ROPO procedure can be read by clicking here. The ASX statement can be read at the ASX web site.