Directors' & other interests

RNS Number:9271J
BNB Resources PLC
11 April 2003

                                                                   11 April 2003
                               BNB Resources PLC
                            ("BNB" or "the Company")

                          Directors' & other interests

Further to the authority granted to the Company to issue new Ordinary Shares of
5p each ("new Ordinary Shares") in lieu of certain non-executive Directors'
fees, the Company has today issued in aggregate 74,000 new Ordinary Shares at
10p per share for the quarter ended 31 March 2003 as follows:

14,500 new Ordinary Shares to Brian Myerson, in respect of his services as
non-executive Joint Chairman (as announced yesterday, Mr Myerson resigned from
the Board with effect from 10 April 2003);

14,500 new Ordinary Shares to Julian Treger, in respect of his services as
non-executive Joint Chairman; and

45,000 new Ordinary Shares to Xanthus Limited ("Xanthus") in respect of Roderick
MacLeod, non-executive Director.

Application has been made today for the 74,000 new Ordinary Shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 18 April
2003.

The interests in the Company of the Directors and the members of the Concert
Party are now as follows:

    Member of the Concert Party       Number of ordinary   Percentage of issued share  Number of Warrants
                                            shares                  capital

Perry Sub-concert Party
Xanthus Limited                                 16,278,943                     21.06%              222,076
Round Enterprises Limited                       15,128,240                     19.58%              199,218

                                                31,407,183                    40.64 %              421,294

Montelle Sub-concert Party
Montelle                                        16,747,248                     21.67%             386,101
Madison Trust                                      528,456                      0.68%               13,649
The & Trust                                      3,421,443                      4.43%               57,068
Brian Myerson                                       69,914                      0.09%                    -
Julian Treger, Director                             69,914                      0.09%                    -

                                                20,836,975                     26.96%              456,818

Pension Plans                                      555,738                      0.72%                    -

Total                                           52,799,896                     68.32%              878,112

Brian Myerson has a possible beneficial interest in Madison Trust, Julian Treger
has a possible beneficial interest in Montelle Properties Limited and Roderick
MacLeod has an indirect controlling interest in Xanthus Limited.

Press enquiries:

Paul Turner, Group Finance Director

BNB Resources PLC              020 7634 1073


Alex Borrelli

Shore Capital                  020 7408 4090

DEFINITIONS

'Pension Plans' BNB Resources Pension Trustees Limited and The BNB Resources
                Performance Share Plan

'Warrants'      warrants to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares

                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END

RDSVFLBFXZBZBBD