WESTERN PLAINS RESOURCES LIMITED

Western Plains Resources Ltd (WPG) received a letter on September 18 from the Department of Defence which states the Department will not support an application by WISCO to the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for approval of the WISCO Investment at Hawks Nest. Western Plains reports the letter appears to reject the WISCO Investment on safety, operational and national security issues. Western Plains Resources Ltd announced on 12 June 2009 that it and Wugang Australian Resources Pty Ltd (WISCO) had executed a set of formal transaction documents pursuant to which WISCO would subscribe for some 12.1 million WPG shares and contribute A$45 million to the cost of undertaking a feasibility study to develop WPG’s magnetite deposits in EL 4248 at Hawks Nest south of Coober Pedy in South Australia, and in so doing would earn a 50% participating interest in the project.