Directors' Share Plan

RNS Number:7371B
Melrose Resources PLC
08 August 2007


Immediate Release                                                8 August 2007


                              MELROSE RESOURCES plc

  Notification of Award under the Melrose Resources plc Performance Share Plan

Melrose Resources plc (LSE: MRS) ("the Company") announces that an Award of
34,168 in the form of nil-cost options has been granted under the Company's
Performance Share Plan ("PSP") on 7 August 2007 to an employee of the Company.

Notes

     1    The Award will vest on 7 August 2010, but only to the extent that
          certain performance criteria based on the Company's relative and 
          absolute total shareholder return are satisfied over three financial 
          years commencing with the current financial year;

     2    No consideration is payable on the grant or vesting of the Award;

     3    The decision on the Award was made on 27 June 2007 at the time of
          other Awards granted under the PSP to Directors and employees; the 
          granting of the Award meets one of the terms agreed with the employee 
          prior to that date in relation to his taking up his position with the 
          Company on 6 August 2007;

     4    The Company has 109,972,891 Ordinary Shares in issue;

     5    The Company now has a total of 2,466,699 share options outstanding,
          under all share option plans, representing 2.24% of the issued 
          Ordinary Share Capital;

     6    The notification of this Award is intended to satisfy the Company's
          obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.


For further information please contact:

Melrose Resources plc                                    0131 221 3360
David Thomas, Chief Executive
Munro Sutherland, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                                  0207 466 5000
Tim Thompson
Ben Willey

or visit www.melroseresources.com



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