Director Shareholding

Hambledon Mining PLC
28 September 2006




                              Hambledon Mining plc

                         ('Hambledon' or the 'Company')

                             Director Shareholding


Hambledon was advised yesterday that the Esterel Trust, a discretionary trust of
which George Eccles, the Chairman of Hambledon, is a potential beneficiary,
yesterday acquired 25,000 ordinary shares in the Company at 14p per share.

Accordingly, George Eccles is now interested in 111,750 ordinary shares
representing 0.003 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company.




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