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:

  Beacon Hill Resources 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):

Notification of financial instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments held as at 01/06/2009

 x

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

 RAB CAPITAL PLC ACTING AS DISCRETIONARY MANAGER OF RAB SPECIAL SITUATIONS (MASTER) FUND LIMITED

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

 CREDIT SUISSE CLIENT NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 01/06/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

01/06/2009 

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

29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORDINARY SHARES

 41,445,000

 41,445,000

 n/a

 n/a

 41,445,000

 n/a

 28.98%

 GB00B19G8Q73

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ 
Conversion 
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise 
price

Expiration 
date

Exercise/
Conversion 
period

Number of voting 
rights instrument 
refers to

% of voting rights

 Warrants

 £0.06

 22/02/2013

n/a 

 25,000,000

Nominal

Delta

 17.48%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 66,445,000

 46.47%

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

RAB Capital plc acts as investment manager for RAB SPECIAL SITUATIONS (MASTER) FUND LIMITED.  RAB Capital plc does not act as custodian for its clients and therefore the shares are held in the nominee name of the custodian of its clients, which is CREDIT SUISSE CLIENT NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED

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 cease to hold voting rights:

 n/a

13. Additional information:

 n/a

14. Contact name:

 LEGAL TEAM

15. Contact telephone number:

 020 7389 7000