Board Appointment

The Board of Galileo Resources plc ("Galileo "or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Alastair Ford as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Alastair Ford has been involved in the mining sector for more than two decades. For many years he was the mining correspondent at The Investors' Chronicle, the UK's number one investment magazine. He also played a key role at Minesite.com, the mining investment portal that was prominent during the last mining boom and in the aftermath.

Alastair was subsequently Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive of Mineral & Financial Investments, an Aim-traded mining and commodities investment vehicle, and is currently a non-executive director of Great Western Mining and Xtract Resources Plc.

Colin Bird Chairman & CEO said: "We are pleased to welcome Alastair to the board of Galileo Resources. Alastair brings a broad depth of knowledge and experience of our sector and his input will be very valuable as we continue our mission of building a strong copper exploration and development company. We all look forward to working with Alastair."

As required under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of the AIM Rules for Companies further disclosures on Mr. Ford are as follows.

Mr Alastair John Ford, aged 53, has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years:

Xtract Resources Plc Xtract International Limited

Xtract Energy Holdings Limited

Mr Ford holds no ordinary shares in the Company. There is no further information on Mr Ford required to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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