Exercise of Options and Total

7 Aug 2008 11:49



CHURCHILL MINING PLC

("Churchill" or "the Company")

Exercise of options and Total Voting Rights

Churchill Mining Plc announces that application has today been made for 690,914 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each to be admitted to trading on AIM pursuant to the exercise of options at an exercise price of 35 pence per share.

The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares and trading is expected to commence on 13 August 2008.

In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we would like to notify the market of the following:

Churchill Mining plc's capital consists of 67,202,714 ordinary shares with voting rights 

Churchill Mining plc does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Churchill Mining plc is 67,202,714.

The above figure (67,202,714) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Churchill Mining plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Churchill Mining Plc Blue Oar

Paul Mazak Olly Cairns/Romil Patel

+61 (0)8 6382 3737 + 44 (0) 20 7448 4400

paul.mazak@churchillmining.com