Director Shareholding

RJB Mining PLC
13 March 2001


                  RJB Mining PLC (RJB Mining or the Company)
                                       
                     Notification of Directors' Interests
                                       
RJB  Mining  wishes  to  notify the following changes in directors'  interests
arising  out of the operation of its Bonus Share Matching Plan and  Long  Term
Incentive Plan.

1.   Bonus Share Matching Plan

Under the Bonus Share Matching Plan, executive directors are required  to
purchase ordinary shares in the Company (Shares) with part of their annual
bonus.  These Shares are held in trust. Participants are entitled to receive,
after tax thereon, one additional Share free of charge in return for every
three Shares left in trust for three years. Entitlement to the additional
Shares is normally lost if the participant leaves the Company's employment.

On  13 March 2001 the following Shares were purchased, at a price of 70.5p per
Share,  with 50% of each executive director's bonus for 2000.  These are  held
by Mourant & Co Trustees Limited (the Trustee of the RJB Mining Employee Share
Trust) (the Trustee) as nominee for the director concerned:

      Director             Shares Purchased
                                              
      M Garness              28,986
                             
      G A McPhie             34,827
                             
      P S O'Brien            28,986
                             

In addition,  the  Trustee purchased a  further  31,031 Shares to satisfy
potential entitlements of executive directors to further Shares under this
plan in three years' time.  The above executive directors are deemed for
Companies Act purposes to be interested in all the Shares held  by the RJB
Mining Employee Share Trust.

2.   Long Term Incentive Plan

RJB  Mining also operates a Long Term Incentive Plan, under which participants
may become entitled to Shares if the Company satisfies a stringent performance
target.

On 13 March 2001, awards were formally granted under the LTIP to the following
executive directors (the number of Shares referred to is the maximum available
on satisfaction of the performance target in full):

      Director                Shares Under Conditional Awards
                                                 
      M Garness                               258,400
                                                 
      G A McPhie                              310,478
                                                 
      P S O'Brien                             258,400
                                                 

3.   Resultant interests in Shares

As a result of the transactions referred to above, the executive directors are
interested in the following Shares (excluding Shares to which they may  become
entitled, subject to satisfaction of any relevant conditions, under the  rules
of the Long Term Incentive Plan and Bonus Share Matching Plan):

      Director         Total Share Interests
                             
      M Garness                77,004
                             
      G A McPhie               88,787
                             
      P S O'Brien             105,054
                             

The  RJB  Mining  Employee  Share  Trust  holds  a  total  of  31,031  Shares,
representing 0.02% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding the shares
held as nominees for executive directors under the Bonus Share Matching Plan).
The executive directors are deemed for Companies Act purposes to be interested
in all the Shares held by the RJB Mining Employee Share Trust.