Shareholding Notification

Anglo Pacific Group PLC
07 January 2008

News Release

7th January 2008


                    Anglo Pacific Group PLC ('the Company')

                           Shareholding Notification

The Company has been informed on 7th January 2008 that, as at 6th January 2008,
AXA S.A, and its group of companies, now hold an interest in 10,579,481 ordinary
shares of 2p each in the Company. This holding represents approximately 10.02%
of the voting rights of the Company's issued share capital.

These shares are represented by a beneficial interest of 388,924 shares
(approximately 0.37% of the issued ordinary share capital) and a non-beneficial
interest of 10,190,557 shares (approximately 9.65% of the issued ordinary share
capital).

The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice
relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Limited, as at 6th
January 2008, is as noted below:

Name of Company/Fund                              Number of shares    % of issued share capital

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Limited                     174,205                   0.165
UK Smaller Companies Fund
(non-beneficial)

AXA Rosenberg                                        1,006,769                  0.953
(non-beneficial)

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                       55,000                   0.052
(beneficial)

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                       96,750                   0.092
(beneficial)

Sun Life Assurance Ltd                                 18,653                   0.018
FTSE All Share Tracker
(beneficial)

Sun Life Pensions Management                          108,465                   0.103
FTSE All Share Tracker
(beneficial)

AXA Framlington                                       800,000                   0.757
Framlington Income & Capital
(non-beneficial)

AXA Framlington                                      5,694,583                  5.391
Equity Income
(non-beneficial)

AXA Framlington                                      2,500,000                  2.367
Monthly Income
(non-beneficial)

AXA Framlington onshore private client                 15,000                   0.014
(non-beneficial)

AXA Sun Life                                           67,855                   0.064
With Profits Passive Fund
(beneficial)

AXA Sun Life                                           42,201                   0.040
With Profits Passive Fund
(beneficial)

Total beneficial                                      388,924                   0.369

Total non-beneficial                                 10,190,557                 9.647

Total                                                10,579,481                 10.016





For further information:

Anglo Pacific Group plc                   [phone]
Matthew Tack

Numis Securities                          [phone]
James Black
John Harrison

Scott Harris                              [phone]
Stephen Scott
James O'Shaughnessy


Website:                                  www.anglopacificgroup.com




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