Issue of shares

Anglo Asian Mining PLC
16 April 2008



For immediate release on 16 April 2008


                             ANGLO ASIAN MINING PLC

                        ('Anglo Asian' or 'the Company')

                                Issue of shares


Anglo Asian Mining PLC (AIM:AAZ) announces that, in line with previous quarters,
the following Ordinary Shares have been issued to Directors in lieu of salary/
fees for the period 1 November 2007 to 31 January 2008, using the closing share
price on 31 January 2008 of 10.75p.


The Directors have chosen to take shares in lieu of salary/fees in order to
preserve the cash in the Company for the Gedabek project.

         Number of Ordinary    Resulting number of        % holding of Ordinary
             Shares awarded   Ordinary Shares held    Shares with voting rights

Resource
Capital
Fund                32,567               6,260,575                        6.25
III L.P.

Tim                 30,307                  75,871                        0.08
Eggar

John                41,861               9,673,261                        9.66
Sununu

Reza               395,358              29,506,566                       29.46
Vaziri

Khosrow             23,256                  43,256                        0.04
Zamani

 Total             523,349


* these shares have been awarded to RCF Management LLC


Application will be made for the new Ordinary Shares of Anglo Asian Mining PLC
to be admitted to trading on AIM. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu
with the existing Ordinary Shares in the Company and trading of these shares on
AIM is expected to commence on 22 April 2008.


The total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights following this issue is
100,145,229.


For further details, please contact:


Anglo Asian Mining PLC
Gordon Lewis, Chief Executive       [phone]
Richard Round, Finance Director     [phone]

Numis Securities Limited
John Harrison                       [phone]

Parkgreen Communications
Justine Howarth                     [phone]
Bex Sanders-Hewett



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