PT Berau Board and Directorate Changes

23 December 2014

For Immediate Release

Asia Resource Minerals plc ("ARMS" or the "Company")

PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk ("PT Berau") Board of Commissioners and Directorate Changes

ARMS announces that at the PT Berau EGM on 22 December 2014, the following changes to the Board of Commissioners were announced:

Alexander Ramlie is stepping down as Vice President Commissioner

Eva Novita Tarigan is stepping down as a member of the Board of Commissioners

Deswandhy Agusman is appointed Vice President Commissioner

Prof. Dr. Ir. Irwandy Arif is appointed as a member of the Board of Commissioners

Directorate changes are as follows:

Paul Fenby is appointed as a Director

Keith Downham is appointed as a Director

David Tonkin has stepped down as a Director

Accordingly, the composition of the Board of Directors and the Board of Commissioners of the Company as at the close of this Meeting is as follows:

Board of Directors:

President Director: Amir Sambodo

Director: Paul Jeremy Martin Fenby

Director: Keith John Downham

Independent Director: Arief Wiedhartono

Board of Commissioners:

President Commissioner: Bob Kamandanu

Vice President Commissioner and Independent Commissioner: Deswandhy Agusman

Commissioner: Prof. Dr. Ir. Irwandy Arif

Independent Commissioner: Hotma Marbun

The following changes will also take place to the Board of Commissioners of PT Berau Coal (the subsidiary of PT Berau Coal Energy):

Alexander Ramlie is stepping down as Vice President Commissioner

Kenneth Raymond Allan is stepping down as a member of the Board of Commissioners

Deswandhy Agusman is appointed Vice President Commissioner

Prof. Dr. Ir. Irwandy Arif is appointed as a member of the Board of Commissioners

The following changes will also take place to the Board of Directors of PT Berau Coal (the subsidiary of PT Berau Coal Energy):

David Tonkin is stepping down as a Director

Heri Azwar is appointed as a Director

Accordingly, the composition of the Board of Directors and the Board of Commissioners of the Company as at the close of this Meeting is as follows:

Board of Directors:

President Director: Amir Sambodo

Director: Heri Azwar

Director: Issei Watanabe

Board of Commissioners:

President Commissioner: Bob Kamandanu

Vice President Commissioner : Deswandhy Agusman

Commissioner: Prof. Dr. Ir. Irwandy Arif

Commissioner: Hotma Marbun

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