Holding(s) in Company

Vane Minerals PLC
16 April 2007

16th April 2007

                               VANE Minerals Plc
                                ('the Company')


                      Notification of significant holding


Under the FSA Disclosure and Transparency rules DTR 5, the following information
falls to be disclosed:


The Company was notified on 16th April 2007 that Barclays PLC, through its
subsidiary Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd, now holds  8,687,963 Ordinary Shares in
the Company with effect from 13th April 2007, representing 5.90% of the
Company's total voting rights.


The Company confirms that it now has a total number of 147,143,823 Ordinary
shares in issue and total number of 147,143,823 voting rights.



Enquiries:

VANE Minerals Plc
Matthew Idiens
[phone]


Ambrian Partners Limited
Richard Brown
[phone]


Parkgreen Communications
Cathy Malins/Annabel Leather
[phone]




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