Director/PDMR Shareholding

Asia Energy PLC
23 December 2005

                        Asia Energy PLC ('the Company')

                  Participation of Directors in Cash Placing

On 29 November 2005, Asia Energy PLC announced that 6,740,000 new ordinary
shares had been placed at a placing price of 450 pence per share, of which
4,143,976 shares were placed firm ('Firm Placing Shares') and 2,596,024 were
placed conditionally ('Conditional Placing Shares') subject to shareholder
approval of certain resolutions which were proposed and duly passed at an EGM
held on 22 December 2005.

As noted in the placing announcement, certain Directors of the Company
participated in the Firm Placing Shares and Conditional Placing Shares. They
have today acquired beneficial interests in the Company's ordinary shares which
were placed conditionally as follows:


Director                      No. of Conditional          Resultant          %
                       Placing Shares in placing       shareholding

David Lenigas                              3,852            160,000      0.33%
Michael Frayne                             3,852            193,333      0.40%
Gary Lye                                     770              2,000     0.004%
Total number of shares                     8,474            355,333      0.74%
Total shares in issue                                    48,004,357


23 December 2005


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