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AIM
Release

                                                      3 November 2008


                   Minerva Resources Plc (AIM:MVA)

               ('Minerva Resources' or 'the Company')

                         Total Voting Rights

For the  purposes of  the transitional  provisions of  the  Financial
Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company's
total issued share capital at the date of this notice is 154,595,548

The Company's issued share  capital consists of 154,595,548  ordinary
shares of 2.5p each,  with one voting right  per share. There are  no
shares held in treasury.

The total  number  of  voting  rights in  the  Company  is  therefore
154,595,548

The above figure of  154,595,548 may be used  by shareholders as  the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they
are required  to notify  their  interest in,  or  a change  to  their
interest in,  the  Company,  under the  Disclosure  and  Transparency
Rules.

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For further information please contact:

Terry Ward
Minerva Resources plc
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
web: www.minervaresources.com

Nick Rome
Bishopgate Communications Ltd
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

James Joyce
W. H. Ireland
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Minerva  Resources  plc  is  a  UK  based  mineral  exploration   and
development company quoted on London's Alternative Investment  Market
(AIM:MVA). The Company is intent  on delivering shareholder value  by
increasing and developing  its mineral  resources in  a socially  and
environmentally responsible manner.

The main focus is resource development in Ethiopia where the  Company
has first-mover advantage on prospective ground on the Arabian-Nubian
shield. Key  projects include  the gold  resources at  the Tulu  Kapi
Project, the  Gudeya-Guji,  Guji and  Dina  Prospects and  the  Yubdo
Platinum Mine, located in western Ethiopia, some 560km west of  Addis
Ababa.

Tulu Kapi was mined in the 1930s by an Italian company. In the 1970s,
the United Nations  Development Programme (UNDP)  mapped and  drilled
Tulu Kapi.  Tan  Range  Exploration carried  out  soil  sampling  and
further mapping and drilling in the  1990s. These two phases of  work
confirmed mineralisation extending over a strike length of 1.5km. The
project is undergoing resource drilling on a 600m section at present,
after   encouraging   Minerva   Resources   ground   mapping,    data
reinterpretation and excellent scout drilling results.

Scout drilling programmes have been undertaken at the Gudeya-Guji and
Guji gold prospects and  one is underway at  the Dina gold  prospect,
which are located in close proximity  to Tulu Kapi. The drilling  has
shown mineralised intersections on all three prospects.

The results  from  the  drilling  on  Tulu  Kapi  and  the  satellite
prospects and their close proximity point towards a new gold province
with the potential for the establishment of a 'one treatment plant  -
multiple feed scenario'.

The Company  is examining  the potential  to expand  the small  scale
platinum production operations at Yubdo, some 25km from the Tulu Kapi
Project. A  pilot  gravity  recovery  plant  has  been  installed,  a
metallurgical research  programme  has  been  initiated  and  further
exploration activities have  commenced on  the 9km  by 1.5km  surface
expression of the orebody.

Minerva Resources also has  a presence in  Central Asia, operating  a
Technical Services  Division undertaking  contract drilling  and  the
provision of geological services from the Kyrgyz Republic.

In Sierra  Leone,  the  Company  holds  gold,  platinum  and  diamond
exploration licences, which  will for  the most part  continue to  be
developed by existing Joint Venture partners.

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