ASX ANNOUNCEMENT Date: 28 December 2012 Mrs Qing Zhong Appointed as an Alternate Director

Admiralty Resources NL ("Admiralty" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Qing Zhong as the Alternate Director of Dr Shaoqing Li on the Board of Admiralty from 24th December 2012. Mrs Zhong is a director of Sino Investment & Holding Pty Ltd ("Sino Investment"), a substantial shareholder of Admiralty.

The Board welcomes Mrs Zhong to the Board of Admiralty in her position as Alternate Director to

Dr. Li.

Professor Ross Harper, Chairman of Admiralty, has stated:

"I personally welcome Mrs. Zhong's appointment as an Alternate Director to Dr. Li, one of our Directors and a Director of Sino Investment, a cornerstone investor in Admiralty. Mrs. Zhong's appointment heralds even closer communication between Admiralty and Sino Investment. Her appointment is most welcome to the Board and follows upon a suggestion by the Company's Managing Director, Mr. Stephen Prior."

Yours faithfully,

ADMIRALTY RESOURCES NL PER: Patrick Rossi

Company Secretary

About Admiralty Resources NL


Admiralty Resources NL is a public diversified mineral exploration company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
(ASX: ADY) with mineral interests in Chile and in Australia.
Admiralty's flagship projects are the iron ore districts in Chile: Harper South (2,498 Ha), Pampa Tololo (3,455 Ha) and Cojin (600 Ha). The districts are located in prime locations, with close and easy access to the Pan-American Highway (the major national route), a railway line and operating shipping ports. Admiralty's projects in Australia are the Bulman project, a lead and zinc project located in the Northern Territory and the Pyke Hill project, a cobalt and nickel project in Western Australia, whose mining lease is 50% owned by Admiralty.

Admiralty Resources NL

ABN 74 010 195 972

Tel: +61 3 9620 7144 | Fax: +61 3 8677 6949

Registered in Australia

Email: investors@ady.com.au


Registered Office: Level 16, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Website: www.ady.com.au

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