Holding(s) in Company

20 Jan 2012 12:49

Anglesey Mining plc LSE:AYM20 January 2012Disclosure of Holdings

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Anglesey Mining plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ x ]

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ]

Other - change in reporting requirements to include qualifying financial instruments [ ]

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

John H Burbank III / Passport Capital LLC / Blackwell Partners LLC / Passport Plus LLC / Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund LP / Passport Advisors LP / Passport Holdings LLC / Passport Materials Master Fund LP / Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway)

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

Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund LP / Passport Materials Master Fund LP / Blackwell Partners LLC / Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway)

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 18 January 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified: 19 January 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 15%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: Ordinary 1p GB000320472

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Number of Shares: 19,242,329

Number of Voting Rights: 19,242,329

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares - direct: 18,603,053

Number of Voting Rights - direct: 18,603,053

Number of shares - indirect: 0

Number of Voting Rights - indirect: 0

Percentage of Voting Rights - direct: 11.74%

Percentage of Voting Rights - indirect: 0

B: Financial Instruments: N/A

C: Financial instruments with similar economic effects to Qualifying financial instruments

Type of financial instruments: Swap

Exercise price: n/a

Expiration date: 2 May 2013

Exercise/conversion period: n/a

Number of voting rights instrument refers to: 4,965,900

Percentage of Voting Rights: 3.13%

Delta:

Total (A+B+C)

Number of Voting Rights 23,568,953

Percentage of Voting Rights 14.88%

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

John H. Burbank III is the managing member of Passport Capital LLC.

Passport Plus, LLC is the general partner of Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund, LP.

Passport Holdings is the general partner of Passport Advisors.

Passport Capital LLC is the managing member of Passport Plus LLC and Passport Holdings LLC, and is the Investment Manager to Blackwell Partners LLC, Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway),

Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund LP and Passport Materials Master Fund LP

The position is currently held as follows:

Blackwell Partners LLC (479,800 common shares /0.30%)

Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway) (3,470,000 common shares /2.19%)

Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund LP (14,653,253 common shares /9.25%)

Passport Materials Master Fund LP (4,965,900 swaps/3.13%)

Proxy Voting

10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will ceaseto hold voting rights: N/A

13. Additional information: None

Enquiries:

Ian Cuthbertson (44) 1248 361333