Notice of EGM

Ormonde Mining PLC
26 August 2003

Ormonde Mining plc

26 August 2003

                               Ormonde Mining plc

 Publication of Circular convening an Extraordinary General Meeting to approve
                                  the Placing

The Board of Ormonde Mining plc ("Ormonde" or "the Company") announces that a
circular convening an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company for 11.00
a.m. on Thursday, 18 September, 2003 is being posted to shareholders today. The
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the registered
offices of the Company, being at the offices of O'Donnell Sweeney Solicitors,
The Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The purpose of the meeting is to seek shareholder approval for the
disapplication of pre-emption rights in order, inter alia, to facilitate
allotment of the 29,411,775 new Ordinary Shares conditionally placed by the
Company at €0.034 per share as announced on 15 August, 2003.

Copies of the circular are available on request from the business offices of
Ormonde Mining plc.



Enquiries to:

Kerr Anderson - Managing Director

Ormonde Mining plc

Tel: [phone]

[e-mail]



26 August 2003

ENDS


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