Doc re. Circ to Shareholders

Anglo Pacific Group PLC
15 December 2003


Anglo Pacific Group plc announces that it has today sent a Circular to
Shareholders, incorporating a notice of EGM on 7 January 2004, requesting
authority to authorise the Board to offer Shareholders the right to elect to
receive new shares instead of cash in respect of the interim dividend for the
year ending 31 December 2003. If approved, the scrip dividend alternative will
be at the rate of 1 new Ordinary Share at 47.45p for every 36.50 Ordinary Shares
held. Details were previously included in the announcement of interim dividend,
which was released on 20 November 2003.

A copy of the Circular will shortly be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

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