Director Shareholding

Anglo Pacific Group PLC
16 June 2005

16th June 2005

                            Anglo Pacific Group plc



Anglo Pacific Group plc ('the Company) announces that Mr John Whellock,
Non-Executive Director, bought, on 15th June 2005, 2,640 ordinary shares in the
Company at a price of 115p per share.  Following this notification his revised
beneficial interest in the Company is now 10,084 ordinary shares representing
approximately 0.01% of the issued ordinary share capital.




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