Holding(s) in Company

Aurum Mining PLC
06 November 2007


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1.  Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
    which voting rights are attached

    AURUM MINING PLC ('the Company')

2.  Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       (X)

    An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may     ( )
    result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which
    voting rights are attached

    An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                  ( )

    Other (specify):                                                  ( )
3.  Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

    Gartmore Investment Limited

4.  Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

    See attached schedule (box 9)

5.  Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
    reached if different):

    10 August 2007

6.  Date on which issuer notified:

    13 August 2007 (note: original not received, this disclosure received
    by Aurum on 5 November 2007)

7.  Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

    Below 5%

8.  Notified details:

A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using the      GB00B00T3528 (Ordinary shs)
ISIN code)

Situation previous to  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
the triggering
transaction

Number of   Number of   Number of   Number of voting     % of voting rights
Shares      Voting      shares      rights
            Rights 
                        Direct      Direct  Indirect     Direct  Indirect

2,886,000   2,886,000   1,991,000           1,991,000            4.148%


B. Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of       Expiration   Exercise/          Number of voting  % of voting
financial     date         Conversion Period/ rights that may   rights
instrument                 Date               be acquired if
                                              the instrument is
                                              exercised/
                                              converted



Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights              % of voting rights


1,991,000 (see box 13)               4.148% (see box 13)

9.  Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/
    or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

    Gartmore Investment Limited:

    The Alphagen Volantis Fund Ltd -           714,761 shares (1.489%)
    Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust plc -     458,783 shares (0.956%)
    Strathclyde Pension Fund -                 817,456 shares (1.703%)

Proxy Voting:


10.  Name of the proxy holder:

11.  Number of voting rights proxy
     holder will cease to hold:

12.  Date on which proxy holder
     will cease to hold voting
     rights:

13.  Additional information:       This notification was received by the
                                   Company on 5 November 2007 and relates
                                   to the disclosure of a major interest
                                   in shares as at 10 August 2007. The
                                   original disclosure, which was sent to
                                   the Company on 13 August 2007, was not
                                   received by the Company. As far as the
                                   Company is aware, from inspection of
                                   the Company's current share register,
                                   the current interest in the Company of
                                   Gartmore Investment Management Limited
                                   comprises approximately 2.5% of the
                                   Company issued ordinary shares.

                                   All shares held indirectly

                                   All figures based on the Company's
                                   issued share capital of 47,993,275 as
                                   provided by Exshare

                                   E mail contact: [e-mail]

14:  Contact name:                 Alison Averono

15.  Contact telephone number:     020 7782 2324


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