Notice of AGM

RNS Number:8144M
Van Dieman Mines plc
26 May 2005


                      Van Dieman Mines Plc ("The Company")
                                 26 May 2005

                 NOTICE OF THE 2005 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
                              VAN DIEMAN MINES PLC

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting for 2005 will be held at
The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London, on 17 August, 2005 at 10.00
am to transact the following business of the Company.

1.  To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and the financial
statements for the period ended 31 December 2004 and the report of the auditors
thereon.

2.  To re-appoint Michael Jeremy Spriggs, a Director appointed
prior to the first Annual General Meeting and who, being eligible, offers
himself for re-election

3.  To re-appoint Clive Norman Trist, a Director appointed
prior to the first Annual General Meeting and who, being eligible, offers
himself for re-election.

4.  To re-appoint Kenan George Frey, a Director appointed
prior to the first Annual General Meeting and who, being eligible, offers
himself for re-election.

5.  To re-appoint Neil Russell Kinnane, a Director appointed
prior to the first Annual General Meeting and who, being eligible, offers
himself for re-election.

6.  To re-appoint PKF (UK) LLP as auditors and to authorise
the Directors to fix their remuneration.

As Special Business

As an Ordinary Resolution

7.  THAT the Directors be and are generally and
unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot
relevant securities (within the meaning of section 80 of the Companies Act 1985
"the Act") up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to the greater of #20,000,000
or a sum equivalent to twice the aggregate of the nominal capital of the Company
for the time being issued and paid up and the amounts standing to the credit of
the share premium account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss
account of the Company and each of its subsidiary companies.

This authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to
be held in 2006 save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or
agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after
such expiry and the Board may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such
offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.

8. As a Special Resolution

THAT the Directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to
section 95 of the Companies Act 1985 to allot equity securities (within the
meaning of section 94 of the said Act) for cash pursuant to the authority
conferred by Resolution 7 as if subsection (1) of section 89 of the said Act did
not apply to any such allotment provided that such powers shall:

8.1 expire at the conclusion of the Annual General meeting to be held in 2006
but the company may before such expiry date make an offer or agreement which
would or might require equity securities to be allotted after the expiry of this
power and the directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer
or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired and

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8.2 be limited to:

8.2.1 allotments of equity securities in connection with a rights issue, open
offer or other pre-emptive offer in favour of holders of ordinary shares made in
proportion (as nearly as may be) to their respective existing holdings of
ordinary shares but subject to the Directors having a right to make such
exclusions or other arrangements in connection with the offer as they deem
necessary or expedient to deal with (i) equity securities representing
fractional entitlements and (ii) legal or practical problems arising in any
overseas territory or by virtue of shares being represented by depository
receipts, the requirement of any regulatory body or stock exchange, or any other
matter whatsoever, and,

8.2.2   the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph 8.2.1
of this resolution) of equity securities for cash provided that the aggregate
nominal value of such equity securities shall not exceed an amount equal to 5%
of the aggregate nominal value of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company as at the date of the passing of this Resolution.



By Order of the Board
MSP Secretaries Limited



Secretary

Registered Office
22 Melton Street
London NW1 2BW



Notes:

(1)  A member entitled to attend and vote at the above-mentioned meeting is
     entitled to appoint a proxy, who need not be a member of the Company, to
     attend and on a poll vote in his/her stead.

(2)  The instrument appointing and the power of attorney or other authority (if
     any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of such a
     power or authority must be deposited at the office of the Registrars, MSP
     Secretaries Ltd, Craven House, West Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7EN not
     later than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting. A form of
     proxy in enclosed.

(3)  Copies of all Directors' service agreements of more that one year's
     duration will be available for inspection at the Registered Office during
     usual business hours until the date of the Annual General Meeting and at
     the place of the meeting for at least 15 minutes before the meeting and
     until the conclusion of the meeting.




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