Additional Listing

Sterling Energy PLC
20 June 2003





                      Sterling Energy plc ('the Company')
                                        
                                     
                               Additional listing


The Board of the Company has today allotted 296,418 ordinary shares of 1p each
('Ordinary Shares') pursuant to the exercise of warrants by certain warrant
holders, subject to the admission of the Ordinary Shares to trading on the
Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange ('AIM').

Application has been made to AIM for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to
trading and dealings are expected to commence on 25 June 2003. Following
Admission the issued ordinary share capital of the Company will be 374,814,952
Ordinary Shares.


20 June 2003






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