Holding(s) in Company

Asia Energy PLC
04 August 2006

                        Asia Energy PLC ('the Company')


Notification of Significant Holding



Under sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') and rule 15 of
the AIM Rules the following information falls to be disclosed:

The Company was notified on 04 August 2006 that HSBC Bank plc and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries no longer had a notifiable interest in the issued capital
of the Company.



4 August 2006









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