Heron Resources Limited announced that its gold-nickel spin-off, Ardea Resources Limited has appointed a well credentialed independent Board to oversee its imminent listing on ASX and on-going operations. The Ardea Board consists of: Chairman - Katina Law; Managing Director – Dr. Matthew Painter; Non-executive Director - Ian Buchhorn; CFO & Company Secretary - Sam Middlemas. Katina Law has over 25 years' experience in the mining industry covering corporate and site based roles across several continents.

Over the past ten years she has worked with a number of ASX listed resources companies in strategic financial advisory and general management roles. Matthew Painter is a geologist with over 20 years' professional experience including SRK Consulting, Sabre Resources, AngloGold Ashanti, Geological Survey of WA and MIM Exploration. Ian Buchhorn is a mineral economist and geologist with over 35 years' experience.

Prior to listing Heron in 1996 as founding Managing Director, Buchhorn worked with Anglo American Corporation in southern Africa, and Comalco, Shell/Billiton and Elders Resources in Australia variously as a corporate and research geologist, as well as setting up and managing Australia's first specialist mining grade control consultancy. Sam Middlemas is a chartered accountant with more than 20 years' experience in various financial and company secretarial roles with a number of listed public companies operating in the resources sector. Middlemas is currently CEO and Company Secretary of Bauxite Resources Limited, and CFO/Company Secretary of RBR Group Limited, Alto Metals Limited and Enterprise Metals Limited.