Holdings in Company

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| TR-1:                    | NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN     |
|                          | SHARES                                 |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          | African Consolidated  |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to   |     Resources Plc     |
| which voting rights are attached:         |                       |
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| 2. Reason for the notification:           | An event changing the |
|                                           |  breakdown of voting  |
|                                           |        rights         |
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|                                                                   |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the  |   Henderson Global    |
| notification obligation:                  |    Investors Ltd.     |
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|                                                                   |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |                       |
| different from 3):                        |                       |
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|                                                                   |
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on   |                       |
| which the threshold is crossed or reached |                       |
| if different):                            |                       |
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|                                                                   |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         |      5 May 2009       |
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|                                                                   |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    |         8% 7%         |
| reached:                                  |                       |
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|                                                                   |
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| 8. Notified details:                      |                       |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                    |
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|Class/type of    |Situation      |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|shares           |previous to the|                                                     |
| if possible     |Triggering     |                                                     |
|using the ISIN   |transaction    |                                                     |
|CODE             |---------------+-----------------------------------------------------|
|                 |Number |Number |Number of |Number of voting rights|% of voting rights|
|                 |of     |of     |shares    |                       |                  |
|                 |Shares |Voting |----------+-----------------------+------------------|
|                 |       |Rights |Direct    |Direct      |Indirect  |Direct  |Indirect |
|-----------------+-------+-------+----------+------------+----------+--------+---------|
|ORD GBP 0.01     |       |       |18,603,448|18,603,448  |          |6.993   |6.993    |
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| B: Financial Instruments                                          |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction              |
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| Type of    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of       | % of   |
| financial  | date       | Conversion   | voting rights   | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date | that may be     | rights |
|            |            |              | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              | instrument is   |        |
|            |            |              | exercised/      |        |
|            |            |              | converted.      |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
| CFD        |            |              | 1,750,000       | 0.657  |
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+----------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B)                                  |
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| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 20,353,448              | 7.65               |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if  |
| applicable:                                                       |
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| PROXY VOTING:                                                     |
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|                                                                   |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:              |                      |
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|                                                                   |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder   |                      |
| will cease to hold:                        |                      |
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|                                                                   |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease  |                      |
| to hold voting rights:                     |                      |
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|                                                                   |
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| 13. Additional information:                |                      |
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|                                                                   |
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| 14. Contact name:                          |    Gavin Dolding     |
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|                                                                   |
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |   [phone]    |
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Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares

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| A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the          |
| notification obligation                                           |
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| Full name (including legal form for legal entities)           |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------+---|
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities)        |   |
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| Phone number                                                  |   |
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| Other useful information (at least legal representative for   |   |
| legal persons)                                                |   |
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| B:         Identity of the notifier, if applicable                |
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| Full name:                                                 |      |
|------------------------------------------------------------+------|
| Contact address:                                           |      |
|------------------------------------------------------------+------|
| Phone number:                                              |      |
|------------------------------------------------------------+------|
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship     |      |
| with the person or legal entity subject to the             |      |
| notification obligation):                                  |      |
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| C:         Additional information |
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|                                   |
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Enquiries:


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| African Consolidated Resources plc |                              |
| Andrew Cranswick                   | [phone]              |
| Roy Tucker                         | [phone] / +44 7920   |
|                                    | 189012                       |
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| Ambrian Partners Limited           |                              |
| Richard Brown                      | [phone]             |
| Richard Greenfield                 |                              |
|                                    |                              |
|                                    |                              |
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