Directors' Shareholding

RNS Number:6389Y
Melrose Resources PLC
19 June 2007



Immediate Release                                                 19 June 2007

                             Melrose Resources plc

                            Directors' shareholdings

Melrose Resources plc ("the Company") today received notification of the
following changes in Directors' shareholdings as a result of the purchase of
shares in the Company by certain Directors, further details of which are set out
below.

Ordinary shares            Holding as at  Purchased (1)           Holding as at
                          18 June 2007                           19 June 2007
                         No.         %                              No.        %
                    ------------ -------      -----------  ------------  ------
R F M Adair
(2)                 56,795,882   51.65          220,000    57,015,882   51.85
-----------         ------------ -------      -----------  ------------  ------
D H Thomas                   0    0.00           30,000        30,000    0.03
-----------         ------------ -------      -----------  ------------  ------

Notes:
(1) The shares were acquired at #3.30 per ordinary share;
(2) The interests of R F M Adair as at 19 June 2007 include 56,255,376 ordinary
    shares held by Skye Investments Limited, a company in which he has a 
    controlling interest;
(3) The Company has 109,972,891 ordinary shares in issue.


For further information please contact

Melrose Resources plc
Robert Adair, Executive Chairman
Munro Sutherland, Finance Director                      0131 221 3360
David Thomas, Chief Executive
Buchanan Communications Limited
Ben Willey/Tim Thompson                                 0207 466 5000

or visit www.melroseresources.com



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