Director/PDMR Shareholding

Petrel Resources PLC
09 February 2006




Petrel Resources announces that it was informed today that Mr Guy Delbes, a
director of the Company, has exercised share options over 100,000 shares at 2.5p
each. His total holding is now 240,000 shares representing approximately 0.36%
of the issued share capital of the Company.


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