Holding(s) in Company

    TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

 

Hidefield Gold plc

 

2. Reason for the notification

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 

Anglo Pacific Group PLC

                  

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

 

N/A

 

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):

 

22 November 2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

23 November 2007

           

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

23%

8. Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/   Situation of previous to     Resulting Situation after the triggering   
type of       the Triggering                        transaction                  
shares          transaction                                                      
if                                                                               
possible Number of    Number of    Number of   Number of voting     % of voting  
using      shares   voting rights    shares         rights            rights     
ISIN                                                                             
code                                            Direct   Indirect Direct Indirect
                                                                                 
Ordinary 60,826,504   60,826,504   63,326,504 63,326,504          23.01%         
1p                                                                               
                                                                                 

 

B: Financial Instruments

 

Resulting Situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
  Type of   Expiration  Exercise /    Number of Voting rights that may   % of  
 Financial     Date     Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is  voting 
Instrument             Period /Date        exercised / converted        rights 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

Total (A + B)

 

Number of Voting Rights % of voting rights
                                          
      63,326,504              23.01%      
                                          

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

 

N/A

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

N/A

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

N/A

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

N/A

 

13. Additional information:

 

Notification using shares in issue figure of 275,252,651

 

14. Contact name:

 

Matthew Tack

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

020 7318 6360

 

Hidefield Gold Plc                                                     
                                                                       
Ken Judge, Chairman                               + 44 773 300 1002    
                                                                       
Investor Relations                                + 44 20 7590 5503    
                                                                       
Paul Ensor                                                             
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Hanson Westhouse Limited (Nomad)                  + 44 113 246 2610    
                                                                       
Tim Feather / Matthew Johnson                                          
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Landsbanki Securities (UK) Ltd (Broker)           + 44 20 7426 9000    
                                                                       
Tom Hulme                                                              
                                                                       

 



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