Holding(s) in Company

Aurum Mining PLC
16 May 2006


AURUM MINING PLC ('the Company')

16 May 2006

HOLDING IN COMPANY


The Company today received the following notifications in relation to holdings
in its ordinary shares of 1p each ('Shares'):

F&C Asset Management plc has notified that, as a result of the acquisition of
488,889 Shares in the Company's recent placing, Friends Provident Main Fund has
a material interest in 488,899 Shares, representing approximately 3.95% of the
Company's enlarged issued ordinary share capital.

UBS AG has notified that, as at 12 May 2006, UBS AG, acting through its business
group and legal entities detailed below, had an interest in 1,064,333 Shares,
representing approximately 8.61% of the Company's enlarged issued ordinary share
capital.

UBS AG London Branch                     1,028,333 Shares (8.32%)
UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd              36,000 Shares (0.29%)


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