Temporary suspension

Thor Mining PLC
01 December 2006

                                THOR MINING PLC



                 Request for a temporary suspension to trading



Dated: 1 December 2006



Thor Mining PLC ('Thor' or the 'Company') has requested a trading halt of its
securities in Australia in accordance with Listing Rule 17.1 of the Australian
Stock Exchange ('ASX'), effective from the start of trading on 1 December 2006,
pending an announcement regarding the results of the definitive feasibility
study ('DFS') at the Molyhil Tungsten-Molybdenum Project ('Molyhil').



This trading halt is subject to a time limit, imposed by the ASX Listing Rules,
that an announcement is released to the market within 48 hours of the trading
halt. Accordingly it is anticipated that the Company will announce the results
of the DFS by 8.00 a.m. on Tuesday 5 December 2006.



It is not intended that trading, in the ordinary shares of 0.3p each in the
capital of the Company and the Warrants, will be suspended on AIM.



Enquiries:


John Young           + 61 (0)419 954 020       Thor Mining PLC                Chief Executive Officer

John Simpson         020 7512 0191             ARM Corporate Finance          Nominated Adviser
                                               Limited

Leesa Peters         020 7429 6600             Conduit PR Limited             Public Relations/UK
    or
Abigail Singleton    020 7429 6606

Nicolas Read         + 61 (0) 8 9388 1474      Jan Hope & Partners            Public Relations/
                                                                              Australia





Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website
www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these
updates by email.


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