Rex Minerals Limited. announced the appointment of Mr. Richard Laufmann to the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 23, 2015. Dr. David Carland will now step down as Executive Chairman and resume the role of Non-Executive Chairman.

Mr. Laufmann is a founding Director of Rex and has been a Non-Executive Director since 2007. He brings to the Rex management team broad experience in the resources sector, both corporate and operational. Mr. Laufmann's most recent engagement was for seven years as CEO of Indophil Resources.