Director/PDMR Shareholding Grant of share options

Anglesey Mining plc                                     LSE:AYM

30 March 2009

Grant of share options

Anglesey Mining plc announces that options to purchase ordinary
shares of 1 pence each in the company were granted to the
following directors on 27 March 2009 -

Name              No. of   Exercise price  Total options
                 new options   in pence    held after
                                           this grant
John Kearney       200,000       5       5,400,000
Bill Hooley        400,000       5       2,900,000
Ian Cuthbertson    300,000       5       2,400,000
David Lean         200,000       5         700,000
Howard Miller      200,000       5       1,200,000
Roger Turner       200,000       5       1,100,000
Danesh Varma       200,000       5       1,400,000
Totals           1,700,000              15,100,000

All of these options are exercisable over the period from
27 March 2010 to 27 March 2019. There is a performance
criterion to be met in respect of each of these share
options, namely that the company's share price performance
from the date of grant must exceed that of the companies
in the top quartile of the FTSE 100 index. There was no
consideration for the grant of the options.

The share options were granted under the terms of the company's 2004 Unapproved Share Option Scheme which was adopted by
shareholders at the company's annual general meeting held on 20 October 2004.

For further details:

Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director                      +(44) 1248 361333