Appointment of Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

    MURCHISON UNITED NL
                                                                                                     ACN 009 087 852
                                                                                      ASX CODE:  MUR,  AIM CODE: MUU
                                                                      Telephone: [phone], Fax: [phone]
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                             ASX, AIM and Media Release
                                                                                                       18 July 2008

                                     APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
                                                           

Murchison  United NL ("Murchison") (ASX: MUR, AIM: MUU) is pleased to announce the appointment today of  Lady  Barbara
Judge,  a  highly  experienced international executive, to the Murchison Board as Non-Executive Deputy  Chairman  with
immediate effect.

For further information regarding this announcement, please call Mark Reilly.




..........
Mark Reilly
Managing Director


Murchison's Nominated Advisor for the AIM market is RFC Corporate Finance Ltd.
Contact: Stuart Laing, Ph: [phone]

Further information:

Full Name:       Lady Barbara Thomas Judge:

Current Age:     61

Current Company Directorships

        Friends Provident Public Limited Company
        Nationwide Accident Repair Services
        Planet Group Plc
        Portmerion Group Plc
        Private Equity Investor Plc
        Quintain Estates and Development Plc
        Robert Walters PLC
        Massey Energy Company
        Magna International Inc
        NV Bekaert SA

Previous Directorships (past 5 years)

        Allders Limited
        Axon Group Plc
        Brainspark Plc
        ENIC Group Limited
        Friends' Provident Life Office
        GCap Media Plc
        Gullane Entertainment Limited
        London American Growth Trust Plc
        Second London American Trust Plc
        Victory Corporation Plc
        Hardy Underwriting Group Plc
        Life IC Limited
        Eaglet Investment Trust

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to the AIM rules.
                                                                                                            Appendix 3X
                                                                                     Initial Director's Interest Notice


                                                                                                          Rule 3.19A.1
                                                      Appendix 3X
                                                           
                                          Initial Director's Interest Notice

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available.  Information and documents given
to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 30/9/2001.

Name of entity    MURCHISON UNITED NL
ABN   59 009 087 852

We  (the  entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.1 and as agent for the director for  the
purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

 Name of Director                         Lady Barbara Thomas Judge
 Date of appointment                      18 July 2008

Part 1 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (i) of the definition of "notifiable interest of
a director" should be disclosed in this part.


 Number & class of securities
 
 Nil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3X
Initial Director's Interest Notice




Part 2 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

 Name of holder & nature of interest      Number & class of Securities
 Note:    Provide   details   of    the
 circumstances  giving  rise   to   the
 relevant interest.
 
 Nil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Part 3 - Director's interests in contracts

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of "notifiable interest
of a director" should be disclosed in this part.

 Detail of contract                       Nil
 Nature of interest                       
 
 
 Name of registered holder                
 (if issued securities)
 
 No.  and class of securities to  which   
 interest relates
 
 










+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Murchison United N.L