Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ascent Resources PLC
07 April 2006


                              Ascent Resources plc

                             Director shareholding


Malcolm Groom, a director of the Company, has today purchased 1,000,000 ordinary
shares in the Company at a price of 9.625p per share. Following this purchase,
he is interested in 1,597,705 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.63
per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.


7 April 2006


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