Holding in Company

Ormonde Mining PLC
30 November 2007





Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:

ORMONDE MINING PLC

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or
boxes):

(x )    an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

( )      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

( )      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

            28th November 2007





6.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 10%

7.         Notified details:


A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of   Situation previous to the       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares (if      Triggering transaction
possible using  Number of       Number of       Number of shares Number of voting rights    % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE)  Shares          Voting rights
                                                                 Direct   Indirect          Direct  Indirect
ISIN:           18,293,292      18,293,292      17,799,192       Nil      17,799,192        Nil     9.80%
IE0006627891

SUBTOTAL A
(based on
aggregate
voting rights)

17,799,192



B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   Expiration Date    Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting       % of voting rights
instrument                             Period/ Date          rights that may be
                                                             acquired if the
                                                             instrument is
                                                             exercised/converted
Nil

                                       SUBTOTAL B (in
                                       relation to all
                                       expiration dates)

                                       Nil


Total (A+B)                                           number of voting rights    % of voting rights
17,799,192                                            17,799,192                 9.80%



8.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/
or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Total
disclosable holding for JPMorgan Chase & Co : 17,799,192 (9.80%)

Holding by controlled undertakings of JPMorgan Chase & Co are as follows:
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

9.         In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to
hold (number) voting rights as of (date).N/A

10.       Additional information: N/A

Done at (place) on (date).




























Annex to the standard form TR-1

a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation:
Full name (including legal form for legal    .JPMorgan Chase & Co.......................................
entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal .270 Park Avenue, New York,
entities)                                    NY10017...................................................................

                                             .....................................................................
Phone number                                 001 212 270 6000.................................................
Other useful information (at least legal     N/A....................................................
representative for legal persons)

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:
Full name                                      Ricky Crump.............................
Contact address                                JPMorgan Chase, 13th Floor, 125 London Wall, London, EC2Y
                                               5AJ.............................

                                               .....................................................................
Phone number                                   0207 777 0424.................................
Other useful information (e.g. functional      N/A
relationship with the person or legal entity
subject to the notification obligation)











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                           the Irish Stock Exchange.
























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