Change to Board of Directors

Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ld
13 June 2000


RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) announced today Frank Blount
will resign from the Board effective 1 July 2000. 

Mr Blount, a BHP Director since March 1999, has been appointed Chairman and
CEO of Cypress Communications Inc, a telecommunications company based in
Atlanta, United States.

Mr Blount said his resignation from the BHP Board and the boards of several
other companies was necessitated by the time demands of his new commitment.

BHP Chairman Don Argus said he was disappointed to lose Mr Blount from the BHP
Board and wished him well in his new endeavours.


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