Appendix 3B New issue announcement Appendix 3B

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

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 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

MAXIMUS RESOURCES LIMITED ("MXR")

ABN

74 111 977 354

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 +Class of +securities issued or to be issued

Ordinary Shares

2 Number of +securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

1,500,000

3 Principal terms of the +securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid

+securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if

+convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for

conversion)
.

Fully paid ordinary shares

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted

+securities?

If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:
the date from which they do
the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

Yes

5 Issue price or consideration Nil
6 Purpose of the issue
(If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

Incentive Rights expiring on 14 December 2011

7 Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates

14 December 2011

8 Number and +class of all
+securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause
2 if applicable)

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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9 Number and +class of all
+securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause
2 if applicable)
10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

N/A

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval required?
12 Is the issue renounceable or non- renounceable?
13 Ratio in which the +securities will be offered
14 +Class of +securities to which the offer relates
15 +Record date to determine entitlements
16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements?
17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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18 Names of countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be sent new issue documents

Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with.

Cross reference: rule 7.7.

19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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20 Names of any underwriters
21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission
22 Names of any brokers to the issue
23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue
24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of +security holders
25 If the issue is contingent on

+security holders' approval, the date

of the meeting
26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled
27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders
28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable)
29 Date rights trading will end (if applicable)
30 How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker?
31 How do +security holders sell part of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance?

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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32 How do +security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)?
33 +Despatch date

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities
(tick one)
(a)