Holding(s) in Company

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NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by
the 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:

Neptune Minerals Plc

2. Reason for the notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

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):

16 December 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 December 2008

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

7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of shares |Situation previous to|Resulting  situation   after   the   triggering|
| if  possible   using|the        Triggering|transaction[1]                                 |
|the ISIN CODE        |transaction          |                                               |
|                     |---------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|                     |Number of |Number of |Number of|Number  of  voting|% of voting rights|
|                     |Shares    |Voting    |shares   |rights            |                  |
|                     |          |Rights    |---------+------------------+------------------|
|                     |          |          |Direct   |Direct   |Indirect|Direct  |Indirect |
|---------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+--------+--------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares      |4,700,000 |4,700,000 |4,600,000|4,600,000|        |6.88%   |         |
|GB 00B0LHS387        |          |          |         |         |        |        |         |
|                     |          |          |         |         |        |        |         |
|                     |          |          |         |         |        |        |         |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


B: Financial Instruments

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction              |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Type of    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of       | % of   |
| financial  | date       | Conversion   | voting rights   | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date | that may be     | rights |
|            |            |              | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              | instrument is   |        |
|            |            |              | exercised/      |        |
|            |            |              | converted.      |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
| N/A        | N/A        | N/A          | N/A             | N/A    |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


Total (A+B)

+----------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 4,600,000               | 6.88%              |
+----------------------------------------------+


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

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
4,600,000                    6.88%

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 cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:


14. Contact Name:

 Michelle Hewitt

15: Contact Telephone Number:

[phone]

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