Planet Gas Limited has appointed Mr Robert Neale as a Director of the Company.

Mr Neale's appointment follows completion of the acquisition of a 19.9% interest in the Company by Hueridge Pty Ltd (Hueridge), a wholly owned subsidiary of New Hope Corporation Limited.

Mr Neale is the Managing Director of New Hope and has more than 40 years' experience in the mining and exploration industries covering coal, base metals, gold, synthetic fuels, bulk materials shipping, and power generation. He joined New Hope in 1996 as General Manager, and has been Chief Executive Officer since 2005. He was appointed to the New Hope Board of Directors in November 2008.

New Hope is an independent energy company which has open cut mines at Acland on the Darling Downs, as well as at Amberley and at Rosewood near Ipswich. The company focuses on niche marketing of its thermal coal and exports around 75% of coal production to Asia Pacific markets including Taiwan, Japan, and Korea with the remainder being consumed by customers in southeast Queensland.

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