Providence Resources

Board

Dr Brian Hillery, B. Comm., MBA, Ph.D

- Chairman

Served as Chairman on the Providence Board since the incorporation of the Company. He is Non-executive Chairman of Independent News & Media PLC and is a Director of the Central Bank of Ireland. A former Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, he has also served as a member of the Irish Parliament as a TD and Senator (1977-1994). He was an Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) London (1994-1997) and was Non-executive Chairman of UniCredit Bank (Ireland) Plc.

Tony O'Reilly, BA

- Chief Executive

Tony O'Reilly is a graduate of Brown University in Rhode Island. He is Chief Executive of Providence Resources P.l.c. having served on the Board since incorporation. He has previously worked in mergers and acquisitions at Dillon Read and in corporate finance at Coopers and Lybrand, advising natural resource companies. He served as Chairman of Arcon International Resources P.l.c. (having been Chief Executive from 1996 to 2000) until April 2005 when Arcon merged with Lundin Mining Corporation. He joined Wedgwood in 2001 becoming Chief Executive (2002 to 2005) following which he became Chief Executive of Providence. He is a non executive director of Independent News and Media P.l.c., Fitzwilton Limited, Zenergy Power Plc. and a number of other companies.

Philip O'Quigley, B. Comm. FCA

- Finance Director

Philip O’Quigley is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Having trained with Ernst & Young, Dublin, he moved into finance positions within the oil and gas industry in the early 1990’s. He joined Glencar Mining plc, the IEX and AIM quoted gold mining company in 1997 as Finance Director. In 2002 he left Glencar Mining plc as an Executive Director and since that time has been involved in a number of private and public companies in the oil and gas industry, including Petroceltic International plc where he was Finance Director.

John O’Sullivan, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.T.M.

- Executive Director

John O’Sullivan is a geology graduate of University College, Cork and holds a Masters in Applied Geophysics from the National University of Ireland, Galway. He also holds a Masters in Technology Management from the Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College, Dublin and is presently completing a dissertation leading to a Ph.D in Geology at Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and a member of both the Energy Institute and the Petroleum exploration Society of Great Britain. He has 19 years' experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry with both Mobil and Marathon and is a qualified person as defined in the guidance note for Mining Oil & Gas Companies, March 2006 of the London Stock Exchange.

Lex Gamble, BA, MA

- Non Executive Director

Lex Gamble was appointed as a non-executive director of the Company in August, 2005. Mr. Gamble holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Washington, and a Masters Degree from Harvard Business School. Mr. Gamble has been an investment banker for over 35 years and has provided strategic advice to more than 200 U.S. and international companies, including several in the FTSE 100 and Fortune 500. During his time as Managing Director with Smith Barney Group Inc, Morgan Grenfell Plc and Kidder Peabody & Co Inc, he advised corporate clients on capital raisings totaling in excess of US$40 billion. Mr. Gamble is a Director of the Harris Bank and Trust Company (Chicago), Crosswater Financial Corporation (Minneapolis), Ashford Castle (Ireland), the University of Washington Foundation, and the University of Washington School of Business (Seattle) and was a Founding Principal of Lockwood Financial Group a leading provider of consulting and wealth management services to high net worth individuals.

James S.D. McCarthy BCL, MBA

- Non-executive Director

Appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company in May 2005. Mr McCarthy holds a Bachelor Degree in Civil Law, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and is a qualified solicitor. He is managing Director of Corporate Finance Ireland Limited and a Director of Windsor Motors Limited and Rockall Technologies Limited and a number of other companies. Mr McCarthy is a former Director of ARCON International Resources plc.

Dr Philip Nolan B.S.c, Ph.D

- Non-executive Director

Appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company in May 2004. Dr Nolan was CEO of eircom Plc from 2002 to 2006. He is currently Chairman of Infinis Ltd and Sepura Ltd, two privately owned companies. He is also a Nonexecutive Director of De La Rue Plc and of the Ulster Bank Group. He is Chairman of the Irish Management Institute and is a member of the Board of the Ireland Fund and The Queens University Foundation. Dr Nolan, graduated from Queen’s University in Belfast with a BSc and a Ph.D in geology and has an MBA from the London Business School.

Secretary:

Michael Graham

- Company Secretary

Michael Graham has been Secretary of the Company from its inception. He has over twenty seven years experience in the natural resources sector having commenced his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he qualified as a Chartered Secretary