Management Announcement5 Feb 2004
BHP Billiton - Management Announcement                                          
BHP BILLITON                                                                    
JSE Share Code: BIL                                                             
ISIN CODE: GB0000566504                                                         
NEWS RELEASE                                                                    
5 February 2004                                                                 
BHP BILLITON - MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT                                          
BHP Billiton today announced the resignation of Mr Brad Mills following his     
decision to join Lonmin Plc as Chief Executive.  Mr Mills is the President and  
Chief Executive Officer of BHP Billiton"s Base Metals Customer Sector Group.    
BHP Billiton Chief Executive Officer Chip Goodyear said "Brad was central to the
integration of BHP and Billiton in June 2001 and since that time has            
successfully led our Base Metals division through some challenging market       
conditions. We wish him every success at Lonmin."                               
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site:          
http://www.bhpbilliton.com                                                      
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Andrew Nairn, Investor         Mark Lidiard, Investor &                         
Relations                      Media Relations                                  
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952           Tel: +44 20 7802 4156                            
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Andrew.W.Nairn@bhpbilliton.co  Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com                     
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Tania Price, Media Relations   Ariane Gentil, Media                             
Tel: +61 3 9609 3815  Mobile:  Relations                                        
+61 419 152 780                Tel: +44 20 7802 4177                            
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Francis McAllister, Investor                                                    
Relations                      South AfricaMichael                              
Tel: +1 713 961 8625  Mobile:  Campbell, Investor & Media                       
+1 713 480 3699                Relations                                        
email:                         Tel: +27 11 376 3360                             
Francis.R.McAllister@bhpbilli  Mobile: +27 82 458 2587                          
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