Strategic Minerals Regulatory News (SML)

11 February 2013

Strategic Minerals Plc

("Strategic Minerals" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Strategic Minerals plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

√

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Registered Holder:

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 4,554,945

Chase Nominees Limited 21,592,000

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

07 February 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08 February 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

5% Change at Combined Interest Level

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary SharesGB00B4W8PD74

Below threshold

Below threshold

26,146,945

Nil held

26,146,945

Nil held

4.75%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

WARRANT

30/04/2014

ANY TIME UP TO 30/04/2014

6,187,500

1.12%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

32,334,445

5.87%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

·; Aviva plc (Parent Company)

·; Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

·; Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

·; Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 550,825,560, as per the Company's £4.2 Million Institutional Fundraising Announcement of 07 February 2013.

14. Contact name:

Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 684420

Strategic Minerals Plc

Paul Harrison, CEO

+44 (0) 20 7930 6009

Nominated Adviser/Joint Broker

Allenby Capital Limited

Jeremy Porter / James Reeve

+44 (0) 20 3328 5656

Joint Broker

Daniel Stewart & Company plc

Martin Lampshire / David Hart

Financial PR

GTH Communications Limited

Toby Hall/Suzanne Johnson-Walsh

+44 (0) 20 7776 6550

+44 (0)20 7822 7493/8492