Share Information

Share Capital Information

Issued ordinary shares: 158,931,836
Shares held in Treasury: nil
Warrants: 1,100,095
Options: 18,419,500
Fully diluted: 178,451,431
Authorised ordinary shares: 1,000,000,000

This information was updated on 02 February 2010

The Company’s issued share capital consists entirely of Ordinary Shares of 1p each, with one voting right per share.

The above figure of 158,931,836 shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which they will determine if they are required under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.

All the Company's shares are in public hands, except for those held by the Directors and their related parties and by substantial shareholders (defined in the AIM rules as holding more than 3%), as set out below and amounting in total to 52.80% of the shares in issue.

Shareholder profile

Name

Number of Ordinary Shares

% of
Issued Capital

Barclayshare Nominees Limited

18,404,423

11.58%

African Minerals Limited

11,425,000

7.19%

TD Waterhouse Nominees(Europe) Ltd

11,011,440

6.93%

State Street Nominees Limited (beneficaial owner International Finance Corporation)

11,000,000

6.92%

L R Nominees Limited

6,028,540

3.79%

James Capel (Nominees) Limited

5,728,355

3.60%

Robyn Jean Broadhurst + Alexander Irwin Crowe

5,250,000

3.30%

HSDL Nominees Limited

5,057,960

3.18%

Jeremy Bewick Dowler

5,015,169

3.16%

Mineral Securities Ltd

5,000,000

3.15%

14 holders with 1% to 3%

39,709,568

25.01%

358 holders with less than 1%

35,301,381

22.19%

Source:  Computershare Investor Services plc.

This information was updated on 2 February 2010

Directors Shareholdings

Including Director’s spouses and other related parties
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Name

Number of Ordinary Shares

% of Issued Capital

Number of Options

Number of Warrants

Alexander (Jon) Crowe

8,690,001

5.47%

1,050,000

-

Jeremy Dowler

7,890,169

4.96%

1,575,000

-

Jonathan Beardsworth

-

-

1,050,000

-

Ben James

114,500

0.07%

2,950,000

-

Source:  Computershare Investor Services plc.

This information was updated on 2 February 2009.