Holding(s) in Company

Griffin Mining Ld
19 December 2002

                             GRIFFIN MINING LIMITED

               1 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DJ, United Kingdom
       Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7016 8821  Facsimile:  + 44 (0)20 7016 9124
                       E mail: [e-mail]


                               19th December 2002


               NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN GRIFFIN MINING LIMITED



Griffin Mining Limited ('the Company') has today been notified that Gartmore
Investment Limited, Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partners
as discretionary investment managers of clients and client funds have an
aggregate interest in 8,425,000 ordinary shares in the Company representing
8.16% of the ordinary shares in issue







Further information



Mladen Ninkov - Chairman                     Telephone: [phone]
Roger Goodwin - Finance Director             Telephone: [phone]
Charles Dampney - Charles Stanley            Telephone: [phone]



Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market
                (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM).

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