16 Jul 2009 14:47
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 16 July 2009 |
MELROSE RESOURCES PLC
Block Listing Return
| Name of Company | Melrose Resources plc |
| Name of Scheme(s) | (i) Unapproved Share Option Scheme |
| (ii) Approved Share Option Scheme | |
| (iii) Other share option arrangements | |
| Period of return: | 3 December 2008 to 30 June 2009 |
| Block Listings | Balance b/fwd @ 3 December 2008 | Shares admitted during the period | Shares allotted during the period | Balance c/fwd @ 30 June 2009 |
| Unapproved Share Option Scheme | 9,858 | 250,000 | 95,810 | 164,048 |
| Approved Share Option Scheme | 43,882 | - | - | 43,882 |
| Other share option arrangements | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 53,740 | 250,000 | 95,810 | 207,930 |
| Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission; | 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each; admitted on 2 December 2004 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each; admitted on 30 January 2006 250,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each; admitted on 8 January 2009 |
| Shares in issue at 30 June 2009 | 110,182,698 Ordinary Shares of 10p each |
| Person making this return and contact for queries: | Alasdair Robinson, Company Secretary, Melrose Resources plc, Exchange Tower, 19 Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG |