Additional Listing

Sterling Energy PLC
07 December 2005


                      Sterling Energy plc ('the Company')

                               Additional Listing

Application has today been made for 8,500,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the
Company ('Ordinary Shares') to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the
London Stock Exchange ('AIM'). The number of issued Ordinary Shares in issue
will then be 1,401,950,558 Ordinary Shares and there will be 63,025,000 options
in issue.

The new Ordinary Shares are being issued pursuant to the exercise of options
resulting from the closure of the Perth office. These shares rank pari passu
with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares and dealings are expected to
commence on 13 December 2005 on AIM.

7 December 2005


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