Holding(s) in Company

Aurum Mining PLC
15 August 2005

                  Aurum Mining PLC ('Aurum' or the 'Company')

                                 15 August 2005

                               Holding in Company



The Company announces under Section 198 of the Companies Act (as amended) that
at the close of business on 22 July 2005, Ragusa Capital Plc were beneficially
interested in 327,000 ordinary shares in the Company being 3.44 per cent. of the
total issued share capital of the Company.




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