Update on Uranium Activities

Vane Minerals PLC
08 April 2008

8 April 2008



                          VANE Minerals Plc (AIM: VML)

                          Update on Uranium Activities

VANE Minerals Plc ('VANE' or the 'Company') announces an update on its uranium
activities in Northern Arizona conducted by VANE Minerals (US) LLC, its wholly
owned uranium subsidiary.

On 15 January 2008, the Company announced that it had received from the US
Forest Service seven approvals to drill on projects located on Forest Service
lands in the Kaibab National Forest. Following the grant of these approvals, a
number of local environmental groups have sought to challenge the Forest
Service's decision on various grounds and by various means, including recourse
to the Courts.

On 12 March 2008, a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief was entered
in US District Court by the Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust, and Center for
Biological Diversity (Plaintiffs), against District Ranger Richard Stahn and the
Forest Service (Defendants), challenging the basis upon which the Forest Service
approved VANE Minerals (US) LLC's Plans of Operations for exploratory drilling
on the seven Kaibab National Forest projects.

On 4 April 2008, as part of the action against the Forest Service, the US
District Court in Phoenix, Arizona issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to
suspend VANE's drilling operations in the Kaibab National Forest pending a
decision on the case.  In light of the TRO, VANE has postponed drilling
operations on these projects until the case is resolved. The date of the next
phase of the case is due to be set imminently and further announcements will be
made in due course.

VANE understands the issue raised as being whether exploratory drilling should
be processed under a Categorical Exclusion (CE) or an Environmental Assessment
(EA).  Both VANE and the Forest Service believe that approval for the drilling
activities falls in the CE category, based on current and past history. However,
should the case be decided in favour of the Plaintiffs, it appears that, in
order to seek to resume drilling, VANE would need to elevate the permit process
to an EA.

Enquiries:

VANE Minerals Plc                                      Ambrian Partners Limited
Matthew Idiens                                         Richard Brown
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Parkgreen Communications                               Thomas Weisel Partners
Justine Howarth                                        Paul Newman
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Notes to Editors:

VANE Minerals (VANE) is an AIM listed uranium mineral exploration and
development company with a strong focus on North America. The Company has a
strong portfolio of projects and was initially self-financed by production from
the silver/gold Diablito Mine in Western Mexico.

VANE has built a substantial uranium portfolio in the US which, at present, is
the main driver for the Company, offering considerable upside in these strong
markets. VANE now has projects in Mexico, Paraguay and the US, incorporating
exposure to uranium, gold, silver and copper.

The Company was founded by former members of the international exploration team
of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., one of the world's largest producers of
copper and gold. The team negotiated exclusive access to Freeport- McMoRan's
global exploration database, made up of 7,000-plus files generated over nearly
100 years of exploration. For further information, please review:
www.vaneminerals.com.




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