Director/PDMR Shareholding

Xtract Energy plc
23 January 2008

23 January 2008                                                    AIM: XTR

                       Xtract Energy Plc ('the Company')

                         Director's Purchase of Shares


The Company was informed yesterday that on 22 January 2008 Andy Morrison, Chief 
Executive of the Company, purchased 500,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a 
price of 3p per share. Following this purchase his total holding in the Company 
is 1 million ordinary shares (representing approximately 0.14% of the current 
issued capital of the Company). Andy has transferred the 1 million ordinary 
shares in the Company to his Self Invested Personal Pension fund (500,000 
with value date 21 January 2008 and 500,000 with value date 22 January 2008).

Enquiries please contact:

Xtract Energy plc               Andy Morrison, CEO          [phone]

Smith & Williamson              David Jones                 [phone]
Corporate Finance Limited       Azhic Basirov

Scott Harris                    Stephen Scott               [phone]
                                Annabel Michie

For further Information on Xtract please visit www.xtractenergy.co.uk

About Xtract Energy Plc

Xtract identifies and invests in a diversified portfolio of early stage energy
sector technologies and businesses with very significant growth potential. We
aim to work closely with the associated management teams to achieve critical
project milestones, to finance later development stages and to build and
crystallise value for all shareholders and partners.

Xtract is supported by its cornerstone investor, Cambrian Mining Plc (AIM:CBM) a
diversified resource investment house which, together with its wholly owned
subsidiary Cambrian Investment Holdings Ltd, holds approximately 50.13% of the
issued share capital of the Company.

A short description of the principal assets of Xtract is set out below. These
assets are either held directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries of the
Company.

MEO Australia

MEO is focused on developing gas-to-liquids ('GTL') projects in the Timor Sea
Australia, in an area of shallow water known as Tassie Shoal. It has secured
Commonwealth Government environmental approvals for two large scale (1.8 Mtpa)
methanol plants (50 per cent. interest) and a 3 Mtpa LNG plant (100 per cent.
interest) which are adjacent to the Evans Shoal gas field.

Elko Energy

Elko is an oil & gas exploration company which has an interest in a 5,370km2
exploration and production licence in the Danish North Sea and an investment in
Dragon Energy Inc, a private Canadian company, with a development project in
Gansu Province, China.

Wasabi Energy

Wasabi is a diversified investor in renewable energy and low greenhouse emission
technologies, with interests in geothermal waste/heat, uranium exploration in
Australia's Northern Territory and biodiesel investments in Victoria.

Central Asian Interests

Xtract's Central Asian interests include a production sharing agreement with
Kyrgyzneftegaz to instigate a water injection project on the Beshkent- Togap oil
field. Xtract also holds interests in several exploration licences in the Tash
Kumyr area and in the Toktogul exploration licence.

Oil Shale
Xtract has oil shale and related petroleum product exploration rights over 
mining tenements in the Julia Creek area of Queensland and has recently been 
granted an exploration permit which gives rights to explore for oil shale in an
area in the South of New Zealand. It is investigating the commercial production 
of hydrocarbons (crude oil) from oil shale.

Xtract is also available for trading on the open market segment of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (ticker R9X.FSE).





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