Director Shareholdings

Ormonde Mining PLC
10 February 2005



SCHEDULE 11

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS



1. Name of company


Ormonde Mining plc



2. Name of director


Mike Donoghue



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest


Director named in 2 above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)


Mike Donoghue (746,446 ordinary shares)

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd (6,146,656 ordinary shares)



5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)


n/a



6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary


Update of the shares held by Director



7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


n/a



8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury share held by company should not
taken into account when calculating percentage)


n/a



9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


n/a



10. Percentage of issued class


n/a



11. Class of security


Ordinary shares



12. Price per share


n/a



13. Date of transaction


n/a



14. Date company informed


8 February 2005



15. Total holding following this notification


6,893,102



16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

 (any treasury share held by company should not taken into account when
calculating percentage)




5.65%



If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.



17. Date of grant






18. Period during which or date on which exercisable






19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option






20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number






21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise






22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification






23. Any additional information


The 746,446 ordinary shares held in his own name have not previously been notified by the Director but were held prior
to his appointment to the Board on 10 December 2002



24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Kerr Anderson

Chief Executive

046 9073623



25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Kerr Anderson



Date of Notification


9 February 2005















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