Hochschild Regulatory News (HOC)

7 Dec 2006 17:18

Hochschild Mining PLC07 December 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company Hochschild Mining plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Pelham Investment Corporation 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 In (2) above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Pelham Investment Corporation 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/a 6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/a 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 11,587,500 8 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.77% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 25 pence each 10. Date of transaction 6 December 2006 11. Date listed company informed 6 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 214,962,500 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 69.94% 14. Any additional information The Company has also been informed separately by Mr Eduardo Hochschild, theExecutive Chairman of the Company that he also has an interest in the ordinaryshares that are the subject of this notification. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Chris Stamp, +44 (0)20 7917 6285 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification Chris Stamp, Authorised Representative, Prism CoSec Ltd, Company Secretary Date of notification 7 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange