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BHP Billiton announces changes to its senior management team

BHP Billiton announced changes to its senior management team: Alex Vanselow, Group Executive and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from BHP Billiton at the end of February 2012. He will be succeeded by Graham Kerr, recently President of Diamonds and Specialty Products; and Mike Henry, President of Marketing, will join the Group Management Committee as Group Executive and Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Marius Kloppers.

North Australian Diamonds Awarded contract for DFS for diamond mining operation

North Australian Diamonds Limited (“North Australian” or “the Company”), is pleased to announce that it has awarded the contract for a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for a 1.5Mtpa+ (approx. 300,000 carats per annum) diamond mining operation at its 100% owned Merlin diamond project in the Northern Territory to Consulmet Pty Ltd (Consulmet). The DFS will also consider a potential larger scale operation.