Conwest Exploration Company Limited Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turner & Newall Limited) Newmont Mining Corporation ....... Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. James Hardie Asbestos Ltd. Election of Directors Approximate Number Percentage of of Shares Outstanding Beneficially Owned Shares 550,100 10.0 1,287,122 23.4 IPT PAY) Sey) 550,000 10.0 552,360 10.0 The board of directors consists of thirteen directors who are elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are elected or appointed. It is intended to vote the proxies received pursuant to this solicitation for the election of the thirteen nominees who are listed below. In the event that any vacancy occurs in the slate of nominees submitted herewith, which is not anticipated, it is intended that the persons named in the accompanying instrument of proxy reserve the right to vote for another person of their choice in place of the nominee who is unable to serve as a director. The names and pertinent information with respect to each of the nominees for election as directors as reported by each are shown below, including the year in which each nominee first became a director of the Company: Proposed Nominees Ralph M. Bateman John G. Berry John D. Christian Martin P. Connell, John Drybrough Charles R. Elliott E. J. Heath D. W. Hills Ian F. T. Kennedy Plato Malozemoff William S. Simpson F. Parker Smith George W. Smith Principal Occupation or Employment Chairman of Turner & Newall Lim- ited, a mining and manufacturing company. General Manager of the Company. Chairman and President of the Com- pany. Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and Executive Vice-President, Con- west Exploration Company Limited, a mining exploration company. Chairman, Newmont Mining Corpo- ration of Canada Limited, a mining company. Vice-President and Secretary of the Company, and President of Conwest Exploration Company Limited. Chairman, James Hardie & Coy. Pty. Limited, a manfacturing company. Director, Turner & Newall Limited. Vice-President, Conwest Exploration Company Limited. Chairman and President, Newmont Mining Corporation, a mining com- pany. Chairman, President and Chief Exe- cutive Officer, Raybestos-Manhattan Inc., a manufacturing company. President and Managing Director, Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., a mining company. Director, Consultant and formerly President of Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. Director From April 22, 1965 to December 16, 1966 and from June 22, 1967 April 23, 1971 May 6, 1963 April 23, 1971 January 18, 1955 July 11, 1951 September 21, 1971 April 23, 1971 April 23, 1971 January 19, 1956 April 23, 1971 April 22, 1965 January 16, 1953 Number of Shares Beneficially Owned 1 701 2,783 1 39,350 121