Directors' Dealings

Aminex PLC
24 February 2000


GRANT OF OPTIONS

Aminex PLC ('the Company), the oil and gas
development, production and oilfield services
company, announces that, on 8 February 2000, it
granted the following options for nil consideration
to directors to subscribe for ordinary IR5p shares in
the Company under the Company's Share Option Scheme,
exercisable at 35p at any time up until 7 February
2010:

Director            No. of options      Total no. of
options                granted        following grant

S P Butterfield          75,000         325,000
P J G Elwes              25,000         275,000
B A Hall                 75,000         975,000
R D McFarlane            25,000         925,000
A G Prado               165,000*        615,000
A M Sarukhanov           25,000         315,000
F D Tughan               25,000         375,000

*90,000 of the options granted to Mr Prado are only
exercisable between 15 December 2000 and 15 January
2001.