Holding(s) in Company

Aurum Mining PLC
24 May 2006


AURUM MINING PLC ('the Company')

24 May 2006

HOLDING IN COMPANY

The Company has received notification 23 May 2006 from Gartmore Investment
Limited ('GIL') of the following interests of GIL, Gartmore Fund Managers
Limited and Gartmore Global Partners in the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each
('Shares') as a result of various transactions between 10 May and 16 May 2006,
and the acquisition of 888,889 Shares on 12 May 2006 via a placing:

Fund      Beneficial owner             Shares        %    Registered name
Manager                                  held
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GIL      The Alphagen Volantis        712,460    5.76%    Vidacos Nominees Ltd
         Fund Ltd                                         a/c 1945
GIL      The Gartmore Ltd Issue UK    119,643    0.97%    Goldman Sachs Nominees
         Small Cap Fund Ltd                               Ltd
GIL      Gartmore Smaller             439,286    3.55%    BNY GIL Client A/c
         Companies Trust plc                              Nominees Ltd a/c LST
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                           TOTAL    1,274,389   10.28%

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