Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Hambledon Mining PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

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2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Â	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		Â
Other (please specify):______________		Â

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Â	Â	BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):			Â
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):			5 December 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:			8 December 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:			Holding has gone below 12%

8: Notified Details

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A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

GB00B015PT76

58,679,950

58,679,950

N/A

N/A

56,229.950

N/A

11.98%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
56,229,950		11.98%

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 56,229,950 (11.98%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Â
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	Â
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	Â

13. Additional information:	Â	Â
14 Contact name:		Charles Zorab
15. Contact telephone number:		020 7233 1462