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GAELIC RESOURCES PLC
30 September 1999

RECOMMENDED MERGER of DESIRE PETROLEUM PLC and GAELIC RESOURCES PUBLIC LIMITED
COMPANY

RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.

Desire Petroleum plc announces that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of
Desire held earlier today the resolution set out in the notice of meeting
dated 11 September 1999 relating to, inter alia, the proposed merger of Desire
and Gaelic Resources Public Limited Company was duly passed by Desire
Shareholders.

Gaelic Shareholders and Gaelic Warrantholders are reminded that the first
closing date of the Merger Offer and the Warrant Offer is 3.00pm on 4 October
1999 and are encouraged to accept the Merger Offer and the Warrant Offer, as
appropriate, as soon as possible.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in the
circular dated 11 September 1999 also apply in this announcement.

ENQUIRIES:

Desire Petroleum                     ([phone])
Dr John Martin
Dr Colin Phipps

SG Securities                        ([phone])
Andrew Osborne
Luke Morton

Millham Communications               ([phone])
Simon Rothschild
Judith Parry


The Desire Directors accept responsibility for the information contained in
this announcement.  To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Desire
Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the
case), the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with
the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such
information.

SG Securities (London) Ltd, which is regulated in the UK by The Securities and
Futures Authority Limited, is acting for Desire and no-one else in connection
with the Merger and will not be responsible to anyone other than Desire for
providing the protections afforded to customers of SG Securities (London) Ltd
or for providing advice in relation to the Merger.

This announcement has been approved by SG Securities (London) Ltd for the
purposes of Section 57 of the Financial Services Act 1986.