Purchase of Own Securities

Tiger Resource Finance PLC
17 August 2004

             Tiger Resource Finance plc ('Tiger' or the 'Company')


                           Purchase of Own Securities



Tiger announces that, on 16 August 2004, it purchased 2,150,000 ordinary shares
at a price of £0.02008 each. These shares are to be held as Treasury Stock.



For further information:


Bruce Rowan - Chairman :     +0044 (0) 20 7486 3997

Colin Bird - Director :      +0044 (0) 20 7581 4477



17 August, 2004


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