Directorate Change

Asia Energy PLC
10 November 2005



                                ASIA ENERGY PLC

                             NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Asia Energy Plc ('Asia Energy or the 'Company') announced today that it has
appointed Mr Gary Norman Lye, to the Board as an Executive Director and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company to broaden the top management team in
preparation for the commencement of its Phulbari coal mine.

Mr Lye, aged 52, has been working on the development of Asia Energy's open pit
coal mine at Phulbari in Northwest Bangladesh for the past 2 years. He is
currently the Chief Executive Officer, Bangladesh Operations, based in Dhaka,
and will continue to maintain this position.

'Gary's promotion reflects the key role he has played in producing the
feasibility studies for the Phulbari Coal Project,' said David Lenigas, Asia
Energy's joint Managing Director. 'He will bring to the board additional
expertise in open pit mining and a focused understanding of the operational
issues in Bangladesh.'

Exploratory drilling has confirmed a resource at Phulbari of 572 million tonnes
of high quality bituminous coal, and a Scheme of Development and Feasibility
Study for the mine was submitted to the Government of Bangladesh on 2 October
2005.

Mr Lye has a Master of Science (Mining) Degree from Imperial College, London and
a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree from Queensland University, Australia. He
is a member of AUSIMM (Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy).

He has experience in the management of large-scale mining projects having
previously served as the Strategic Mine Development Manager at the Kalgoorlie
Super Pit Operations in Western Australia, for Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold
Mines. His other major roles include Manager of the Mining Research Laboratories
for CRA in Perth Western Australia, and 15 years at CRA's Bougainville Copper
Mine in Papua New Guinea. From 2000-2003 Mr Lye served as a board member of the
Western Australian Government's Gold Fields Esperance Development Commission.

The Company confirms there is no additional information required for
notification in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

10 November 2005

For further information:

Michael Frayne, Joint Managing Director       Justine Howarth, Cathy Malins
[e-mail]                Parkgreen Communications
David Lenigas, Joint Managing Director        Tel: [phone]
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