NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by
the Company.

TR-1 notification of major interests in shares

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

Neptune Minerals Plc

2. Reason for the notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

Christopher Harborne

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

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

Wednesday, 14th January 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

Friday, 16th, January 2009

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

15%


8. Notified details:

Holding prior to Wednesday 14th January =  9,348,140 shares
Acquired Wednesday 14th January = 1,000,000 shares

Resultant total holding = 10,348,140 shares
equivalent to 15.50% of issued shares according to AIM Rule 26
disclosure on Neptune Minerals Website as at Tuesday 13th January
2009


A: Voting rights attached to shares

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[1]|
|shares         |the        Triggering|                                                       |
| if    possible|transaction          |                                                       |
|using the  ISIN|---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------|
|CODE           |Number of |Number of |Number   of|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights|
|               |Shares    |Voting    |shares     |                        |                  |
|               |          |Rights    |-----------+------------------------+------------------|
|               |          |          |Direct     |Direct       |Indirect  |Direct  |Indirect |
|---------------+----------+----------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares|9,348,140 |9,348,140 |10,348,140 |10,348,140   |nil       |15.50%  |nil      |
|               |          |          |           |             |          |        |         |
|               |          |          |           |             |          |        |         |
|               |          |          |           |             |          |        |         |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



B: Financial Instruments

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction              |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Type of    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of       | % of   |
| financial  | date       | Conversion   | voting rights   | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date | that may be     | rights |
|            |            |              | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              | instrument is   |        |
|            |            |              | exercised/      |        |
|            |            |              | converted.      |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
| N/A        | N/A        | N/A          | N/A             | N/A    |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+



Total (A+B)

+----------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 10,348,140              | 15.50%             |
+----------------------------------------------+



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

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 cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact Name:

 Christopher Harborne

15: Contact Telephone Number:

+852 8177 7281

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