Total voting rights

Metals Exploration Plc ("Metals Exploration" or the "Company")

                Total Voting Rights and Share Capital

For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules,  the total  number of  ordinary shares  of 1p  of
Metals Exploration  in  issue  as  at the  date  of  this  notice  is
165,118,516 with each share carrying the right to one vote.

There are no shares held in treasury.

The total  number  of  voting  rights in  the  Company  is  therefore
165,118,516.

The above figure may be used  by shareholders as the denominator  for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in,  or a change to  their interest in,  Metals
Exploration, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:


Metals Exploration plc        020 7963 9540
Jonathan Beardsworth

Hanson Westhouse Limited      0113 246 2610
Tim Feather / Matthew Johnson

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