Notice of EGM

Soco International PLC
25 April 2005


                             SOCO International plc
                           ('SOCO' or 'the Company')

                    NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

SOCO announces that a circular and notice of meeting have been sent to
shareholders convening an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be
held at 10 a.m. on 10 May 2005 at the ofces of Ashurst, Broadwalk House, 5
Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.

The purpose of the EGM is to seek the approval of shareholders for the disposal
by the Company of SOCO Tamtsag Mongolia LLC and SOCO Mongolia Limited, on the
terms and conditions set out in the conditional sale and purchase agreement
dated 1 April 2005.

Copies of the circular have been submitted to the UKLA, and will shortly be
available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. [phone]




Contact: Carol Fan, 020 7747 2000




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