30 April 2010


AFRICAN EAGLE RESOURCES plc: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER
2009

African  Eagle Resources plc ("African Eagle" or "the Company", ticker AIM: AFE,
AltX:  AEA)  today  announces  its  preliminary  results  for the year ended 31
December  2009. The Company's annual consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS")
as   adopted  by  the  European  Union.  The  information  in  this  preliminary
announcement  has been extracted  from the audited  financial statements for the
year ended 31 December 2009 and as such, does not contain all of the information
required to be disclosed in the financial statements prepared in accordance with
IFRS.  The Company will publish its  full Annual Report and Financial Statements
to shareholders in May.

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

Dear Shareholder

After  three years as Deputy Chairman, I  was honoured that your Board appointed
me  Chairman following the retirement of John  Park in October 2009. We must all
thank  John for his tireless work and  great enthusiasm for African Eagle during
his eleven years on the Board.

Following  the Strategic Review carried out at  the end of 2008 and announced in
January  2009 as well as the plans that  we announced last October, our strategy
continues  on  track  with  its  focus  on  the  nickel  oxide  province that we
discovered  in the north of  Tanzania. We completed a  positive scoping study on
Dutwa in July 2009 and in recent months we have been drilling the Ngasamo target
which  is only 5km away.  Results to date  from this programme  are matching our
expectations.

With  the gold  price reaching  a new  record high  and copper prices firming up
after  the  global  slowdown,  some  observers  continue to question why we have
chosen  to focus our efforts on nickel. I would like to take this opportunity to
reiterate why we believe nickel has a bright future.


Why Nickel?

Since  1950, nickel demand  has grown  tenfold; faster  than that  for any other
major base metal, by an average 4.7% year on year, compared to 3.3% for copper.

Some 65% of nickel production goes into stainless steel manufacturing, improving
strength   and   ductility   while  adding  resistance  to  corrosion  and  high
temperatures.  Most people are aware of the many uses for stainless steel in the
home  but of greater importance is the  wide ranging use of nickel in industrial
applications such as oil and chemical refineries, the food preparation industry,
construction  and  power  generation  not  to  mention  in  super alloys for the
aerospace and petrochemical industries.

With this wide range of applications, it is hardly surprising that nickel demand
is  increasing with China  outstripping every other  geographical region. We are
also  encouraged by the  statement from a  spokesman for leading global research
group Commodities Research Unit at the recent Mines and Money Conference in Hong
Kong that nickel was among the "hot" metals for the longer term.

Deposits  like Dutwa are progressively dominating  the nickel industry, as fewer
sulphide deposits are being discovered and developed.  Laterites already provide
around  40% of  the  world's  nickel  and  make  up  70% of  the  world's nickel
resources. While we are not concerned with the short term price fluctuations, we
do note that the recovery of the nickel price, to around $11/lb (end March) from
its  January  2009 low  of  $6/lb,  is  an  indication  of  the  positive market
fundamentals.

Admittedly,  nickel laterites do not have an unblemished reputation. They can be
metallurgically  tricky, and some developments  have not delivered as predicted.
Most of these deposits have such a high iron content (30% to 50%) that they have
to be processed using high temperature, high pressure acid leaching (HPAL). This
is  why Dutwa  is so  special:  its  unique low-iron  metallurgy will  allow the
nickel to be extracted efficiently from the ore by simple acid leaching, without
recourse  to the hi-tech complications of HPAL.   In fact, Dutwa is so different
from  other surface nickel deposits, that we  are now calling it an oxide rather
than a laterite deposit.
Nickel Projects

The latest metallurgical test results show just how special Dutwa is in contrast
to  other nickel laterite deposits. Our column tests, a proxy for heap leaching,
show a fast initial leach which extracts about 60% of the nickel within 10 days,
followed  by a rather more leisurely phase  which brings the total extraction to
95% after  5 months.  In  comparison, at  one of  the few  operating nickel heap
leach  projects  for  which  published  data  is  available,  almost one year of
leaching was required to extract 60% of the nickel from trial heaps and 540 days
to  extract 80%.  Tank  leaching at  Dutwa shows  similarly fast  leaching, with
almost the entire reaction occurring in the first hour.

These   extremely   fast   leaching   kinetics   have   important  profitability
implications,  especially for the  heap leach method,  as they mean that working
capital  will  not  be  tied  up  for  many  months  while the heap reaches full
productivity.

The "proof of concept" scoping study completed by GRD Minproc, delivered in July
2009, made  a strong investment case for the project.  Although the Study had to
adopt  a fairly broad brush  approach to many of  the parameters, it showed that
the project would be viable at a base nickel price of $7/lb. This gave the Board
the confidence to go ahead with the project. If we use the current $11/lb nickel
price,  we get a life of mine revenue of  $3.6bn, for a deposit that has a metal
endowment equivalent in value to around 10 million ounces of gold.

It  seems that the Company  has identified a whole  new province of oxide nickel
deposits  which are uniquely amenable to low-cost leaching. As well as Dutwa and
Ngasamo,  African Eagle holds the Zanzui nickel project, which is only 60km from
Dutwa  and offers potential  economies of scale.  Zanzui is potentially twice as
large  as Dutwa  and preliminary  metallurgical tests  showed that it shares the
same fast, low-acid leaching characteristics.


Nickel Work Programme

We  are making excellent  progress towards our  pre-feasibility study ("PFS") on
Dutwa.   Our step-out  and infill  geostatistical drilling  at Dutwa is close to
completion  while drilling  for an  inferred resource  and Phase 1 metallurgical
tests  is  complete  at  Ngasamo.  To  make  the  most  of  Dutwa's  exceptional
metallurgy,   we   have  recruited  one  of  the  world's  top  nickel  laterite
metallurgists,  Dr.  Chad  Czerny,  to  manage  and  implement the metallurgical
testwork and engineering design programmes.

Once  we have a good idea of  the best processing flow-sheet, we will commission
engineering  design and  costing, leading  to an  updated financial  model and a
pre-feasibility report which we hope to complete around the end of 2010.

Non-core projects

We  recently announced an agreement to vend the Igurubi gold project in Tanzania
to  Australian quoted group  Peak Resources ticker  ASX: PEK, a transaction that
values  the project at  some £2.6m, or  more if Peak's  share price continues to
rise.

This  is the first  of several deals  in progress or  under negotiation over our
"non-core"  assets. The other  deals to be  concluded involve our Zambian copper
projects  including the advanced Mkushi mining joint venture and the Miyabi gold
project  in Tanzania  where we  have a  JORC resource  of 520,000 ounces of gold
which  has a gross  value in the  ground of $589  million at today's prices. Our
objectives  in negotiating these deals are to obtain the best value for our past
investment and intellectual property, to ensure that the projects continue to be
explored and developed and in doing so share in their future success.

Looking Forward

It  has been a frustrating year for the  Board and management as the share price
continues to languish despite the growing value of our assets. I can promise you
as shareholders ourselves, we are working very hard to gain recognition for this
inherent  value. We will push on with the  PFS at Dutwa and with negotiations to
sell or farm-out our non-core assets.

I  would like to thank our shareholders  for their support shown during the fund
raising in 2009. The open offer was oversubscribed and together with the private
placement  raised £3.4 million to progress  Dutwa and cover corporate overheads.
On  this topic, I am pleased to see that  in the recent UK budget it is proposed
that  AIM listed  shares will  be allowed  in ISAs  which should help to further
improve  the liquidity of African Eagle's shares. Also, I note that The European
Parliament`s  Economic  and  Monetary  Affairs  Committee  is proposing that the
threshold  for raising funds without a prospectus  be raised from EUR2.5m to EUR5.0m
and the number of investors that can be approached is increased from 100 to 250
persons.

I would also like to recognise the hard work and commitment of all our employees
during  the year. I  expect 2010 to produce  further positive developments which
will finally give us recognition in the eyes of the investment community.


Euan Worthington
Chairman
30 April 2010



















































Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income For The Year Ended 31 December
2009



                                      Year to 31 December    Year to 31 December
                                                     2009                   2008
                            Note

                                                        £                      £



Depreciation expense                             (60,659)               (86,405)

Employee benefits expense                       (500,305)              (979,613)

Impairment of deferred           3              (221,169)            (4,442,563)
exploration expenditure

Impairment of goodwill                                  -              (103,188)

Share of loss in associate                        (7,476)               (15,385)

Other expenses                                  (453,200)              (446,844)


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Operating loss                                (1,242,809)            (6,073,998)



Finance income:

Bank interest receivable                           29,887                228,856

Foreign exchange gain                              23,328                363,183


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Loss before tax                               (1,189,594)            (5,481,959)



Income tax expense                                      -                      -


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Loss attributable to equity                   (1,189,594)            (5,481,959)
owners for the year


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Other comprehensive
(loss)/income:



Exchange differences on                         (857,040)              1,907,024
translation of foreign
operations

Disposal of available for                          13,694                (4,495)
sale investments


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Other comprehensive                             (843,346)              1,902,529
(loss)/income for the year

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Total comprehensive loss                      (2,032,940)            (3,579,430)
attributable to equity
owners for the year

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Loss per share:

Basic/diluted loss per           1                 (0.5p)                 (2.6p)
share from total and
continuing operations

Headline/diluted loss per        1                 (0.4p)                 (0.4p)
share from total and
continuing operations


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All operations are continuing.






Consolidated Statement of Financial Position For The Year Ended December 2009


                                   31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December
                                                                            2007
                            Note

                                                  £                £           £



ASSETS



Non-current assets

Property, plant and                          80,706          122,246     156,337
equipment

Goodwill                         2                -                -     103,188

Available for sale                                -            1,967       6,462
investments

Investment in associates                  2,319,435        2,123,371   1,809,901

Investment in joint                          34,626           35,293           -
ventures

Deferred exploration costs       2       10,261,104        9,717,268   8,441,854


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Total non-current assets                 12,695,871       12,000,145  10,517,742


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Current assets

Other receivables                           124,063          137,636     383,339

Cash and cash equivalents                 3,293,014        2,709,957   7,051,744


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Total current assets                      3,417,077        2,847,593   7,435,083


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Total assets                             16,112,948       14,847,738  17,952,825
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LIABILITIES



Current liabilities

Other payables                            (322,740)        (269,218)   (392,628)


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Total liabilities                         (322,740)        (269,218)   (392,628)


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Net assets                               15,790,208       14,578,520  17,560,197
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EQUITY



Equity attributable to
owners of the parent:

Share capital                             2,967,622        2,125,402   2,123,402

Share premium account                    21,678,832       19,323,784  19,311,622

Merger reserve                              705,723          705,723     705,723

Available for sale                                -         (13,694)     (9,199)
revaluation reserve

Foreign currency reserve                  (139,290)          717,750 (1,189,274)

Retained losses                         (9,422,679)      (8,280,445) (3,382,077)


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Total equity                             15,790,208       14,578,520  17,560,197
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity For The Year Ended 31 December 2009


                      Share      Share  Merger   Available   Foreign    Retained       Total
                    Capital    premium Reserve    for sale  currency      Losses      equity
                               account         revaluation   reserve
                                                   reserve

                          £          £       £           £         £           £           £



Balance           2,125,402 19,323,784 705,723    (13,694)   717,750 (8,280,445)  14,578,520
at 31
December
2008


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Loss for year             -          -       -           -         - (1,176,876) (1,176,876)

Other
comprehensive
income/(loss):

Exchange                  -          -       -           - (857,040)           -   (857,040)
differences on
translation of
foreign
operations

Available for             -          -       -         976         -           -         976
sales
investments -
fair value
adjustment

Disposal of               -          -       -      12,718         -    (12,718)           -
available for
sale
investments


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Total                     -          -       -      13,694 (857,040) (1,189,594) (2,032,940)
comprehensive
income/(loss)
for the year
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Transactions
with equity
owners for
2009:

Issue of share      842,220  2,526,660       -           -         -           -   3,368,880
capital

Share issue               -  (171,612)       -           -         -           -   (171,612)
costs

Share-based               -          -       -           -         -      47,360      47,360
payments


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Total              842,220   2,355,048       -           -         -      47,360   3,244,628
transactions
with equity
owners
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Balance at 31     2,967,622 21,678,832 705,723           - (139,290) (9,422,679)  15,790,208
December 2009
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity For The Year Ended 31 December 2008



                      Share      Share  Merger   Available     Foreign    Retained       Total
                    Capital    premium Reserve    for sale    currency      Losses      equity
                               account         revaluation     reserve
                                                   reserve

                          £          £       £           £           £           £           £



Balance           2,123,402 19,311,622 705,723     (9,199) (1,189,274) (3,382,077)  17,560,197
at 31
December
2007


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Loss for year             -          -       -           -           - (5,481,959) (5,481,959)

Other
Comprehensive
income/(loss):

Exchange                  -          -       -           -   1,907,024           -   1,907,024
differences on
translation of
foreign
operations

Available for             -          -       -     (4,495)           -           -     (4,495)
sale
investments


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Total                     -          -       -     (4,495)   1,907,024 (5,481,959) (3,579,430)
comprehensive
income/(loss)
for the year
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Transactions
with equity
owners for
2008:

Issue of share        2,000     14,000       -           -           -           -      16,000
capital

Share issue               -    (1,838)       -           -           -           -     (1,838)
costs

Share-based               -          -       -           -           -     583,591     583,591
payments


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Total                 2,000     12,162       -           -           -     583,591     597,753
transactions
with equity
owners
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Balance at 31     2,125,402 19,323,784 705,723    (13,694)     717,750 (8,280,445)  14,578,520
December 2008
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows For The Year Ended 31 December 2009


                                       Year to 31 December   Year to 31 December
                                                      2009                  2008
                               Note

                                                         £                     £



Operating activities

Loss before taxation                           (1,189,594)           (5,481,959)

Adjustments for:

Depreciation                                        60,659                86,405

Exchange gain                                      (3,251)               (8,141)

Loss on disposal of property,                          705                 1,839
plant and equipment

Interest received                                 (29,887)             (228,856)

Impairment of deferred            3                221,169             4,442,563
exploration expenditure

Share-based payments                                47,360               583,591

Share of loss in associate                           7,476                15,385
venture

Impairment of goodwill            2                      -               103,188

Decrease in other receivables                        8,544               273,662

Increase/(decrease) in other                         3,797             (116,230)
payables

Share of joint venture                                 630               (1,540)
loss/(gain)

Disposal of available for sale                      12,718                     -
investments


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Cash flows from operating                        (859,674)             (330,093)
activities


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Investing activities

Payments to acquire property,                     (26,505)              (43,892)
plant and equipment

Payments for deferred                          (1,458,630)           (4,020,510)
exploration expenditure

Interest received                                   29,887               228,856

Investments in associates                        (290,308)             (185,718)

Investments in joint ventures                            -              (33,753)

Sale of investment for resale                        2,943                     -


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Cash flows used in investing                   (1,742,613)           (4,055,017)
activities


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Financing activities

Proceeds from issue of share                     3,197,268                14,162
capital


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Cash flows from financing                        3,197,268                14,162
activities


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Net increase/(decrease) in                         594,981           (4,370,948)
cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at                     2,709,957             7,051,744
beginning of year

Exchange (gain)/loss                              (11,924)                29,161


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Cash and cash equivalents at                     3,293,014             2,709,957
end of year
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Notes to the Consolidated Statements For The Year Ended 31 December 2009

1.         Loss per Share


Basic loss per share

The calculation of basic loss per share is based on the loss for the year
divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year. In
calculating the diluted loss per share potential ordinary shares such as share
options and warrants have not been included as they would have the effect of
decreasing the loss per share. Decreasing the loss per share would be
antidilutive.

                                                     2009          2008

                                                        £             £


 Loss for the year                            (1,189,594)   (5,481,959)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Weighted average number of shares in issue   246,459,673   212,467,525
------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Basic & diluted loss per share                    (0.5p)        (0.6p)
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Headline loss per share

Headline loss per share has been calculated in accordance with the Institute of
Investment Management and Research's ("IIMR") Statement of Investment Practice
No. 1 entitled 'The Definition of Headline Earnings' and The South African
Institute of Chartered Accountants Circular 8/2007 entitled 'Headline Earnings'.
Circular 8/2007 contains various rules on IFRSs which were issued before June
2007. Many amendments to IFRSs have been issued since June 2007 and as a result
Circular 3/2009 - Headline Earnings has been issued to revise Circular 8/2007.
Circular 3/2009 has amended the rules table of Circular 8/2007 to take into
account all amendments to IFRSs issued from June 2007 to April 2009. Circular
3/2009 is effective for interim and/or annual financial periods ending on or
after August 31, 2009.

The calculation of headline loss per share is based on the headline loss for the
year divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year.
No diluted headline loss per share has been calculated as it would be
antidilutive by reducing the headline loss per share.

                                                                2009        2008

                                                                   £           £
Headline loss

Loss for the year                                        (1,189,594) (5,481,959)

Adjusted for:

   Plus loss on sale of fixed assets                             705       1,839

   Plus impairment of deferred exploration assets            221,169   4,442,563

   Plus Group share of associated loss                         7,476      15,385

   Plus/(less) Group share of joint venture                      630     (1,540)

   Plus impairment of available for sale financial            12,718           -
assets

   Plus impairment of goodwill                                     -     103,188

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Headline loss for the year                                 (946,896)   (920,524)

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Weighted average number of shares in issue               246,459,673 212,467,525

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Basic and diluted headline loss per share                     (0.4p)      (0.4p)

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2.          Intangibles




The Group 2009

                                        Goodwill on          Deferred      Total
                                      Consolidation Exploration costs

                                                  £                 £          £



Cost:

At 1 January 2009                                 -         9,717,268  9,717,268

Foreign currency exchange differences             -         (746,873)  (746,873)

Additions                                         -         1,511,878  1,511,878

Impairment charge                                 -         (221,169)  (221,169)


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At 31 December 2009                               -        10,261,104 10,261,104
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The Group 2008

                                       Goodwill on          Deferred       Total
                                     Consolidation Exploration costs

                                                 £                 £           £



Cost:

At 1 January 2008                          103,188         8,441,854   8,545,042

Foreign currency exchange                        -         1,758,217   1,758,217
differences

Additions                                        -         3,959,760   3,959,760

Impairment charge                        (103,188)       (4,442,563) (4,545,751)


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At 31 December 2008                              -         9,717,268   9,717,268
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The Group 2007

                             Goodwill on Purchased          Deferred       Total
                           Consolidation  goodwill Exploration costs

                                       £         £                 £           £



Cost:

At 1 January 2007                103,188     3,000         7,172,869   7,279,057

Foreign currency exchange              -         -           260,330     260,330
differences

Additions                              -         -         2,954,342   2,954,342

Transfers                              -         -       (1,814,019) (1,814,019)

Impairment charge                      -   (3,000)         (131,668)   (134,668)


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At 31 December 2007              103,188         -         8,441,854   8,545,042
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3.  Impairment of Deferred Exploration

During the year a number of projects were impaired on the grounds they were not
economically feasible. The geographical location of these projects is shown
below:



                                                2009      2008

                                                   £         £

Tanzania                                      91,801   657,597

Zambia                                         2,964 2,918,989

Mozambique                                   126,404   865,977


---------------------------------------------------------------
                                             221,169 4,442,563
---------------------------------------------------------------


                                                     Reason for
  Project Country    Mineral            Impairment £ impairment
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Fingoe |Mozambique|Gold              |      80,393|Not prospective    |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Majele |Mozambique|Gold, base metals |      35,140|Not prospective    |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Rupa   |Tanzania  |Gold              |      42,234|Not prospective    |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Other* |Tanzania  |Gold              |      49,567|Not prospective    |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Other* |Mozambique|Gold, silver      |      10,871|Not prospective    |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Other* |Zambia    |Base metals       |       2,964|Not prospective    |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+
 |Total  |          |                  |     221,169|                   |
 +-------+----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+


  * Final cost of projects impaired in
  2008



The projects impaired in 2008 are detailed below.

                                                       Impairment Reason for
 Project   Country             Mineral                          £ impairment
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Fingoe   |Mozambique         |Gold                  |    165,996|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Majele   |Mozambique         |Gold, base metals     |    518,494|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Tambara  |Mozambique         |Gold, silver          |    166,145|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Kakumbi  |Tanzania           |Gold                  |    132,784|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Kiwasi   |Tanzania           |Gold                  |     78,866|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Kisamamba|Tanzania           |Gold                  |     65,760|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Mabale   |Tanzania           |Gold                  |     53,426|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Mabeya   |Tanzania           |Gold,                 |     70,453|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Licence not  |
|Sasare   |Zambia             |Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold|  1,737,829|renewed**    |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Licence not  |
|Kampumba |Zambia             |Copper                |    554,208|renewed**    |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Licence not  |
|Lunga    |Zambia             |Copper, gold, uranium |    626,952|renewed**    |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|         |                   |                      |           |Not          |
|Other*   |Tanzania/Mozambique|Mainly gold           |    271,650|prospective  |
+---------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------+-------------+
|Total    |                                          |  4,442,563|             |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+


 * Impairments less than £50,000.

 ** The three Zambian licences were dropped as under new government rules
 prospecting licences cannot be held for more than seven years. Certain areas
 within these licenses have been applied for by Kujima, a joint venture company
 set up between African Eagle and a local Zambian partner.



4.  Going Concern

It is the prime responsibility of the Board to ensure the Company remains a
going concern. At the year ended 31 December, 2009 the Company had cash and cash
equivalents of £3.3 million and no borrowings. The Board considers this is
sufficient to maintain the Company as a going concern for a period of twelve
months from the date of signing the annual report and accounts. The Company has
used various methods to fund its operations in the past. Over the past year the
Company has been speaking to prospective partners about its copper, gold and
uranium projects with the view of joint venturing these projects or selling them
outright. In 2009 the Company successfully raised gross proceeds of £3.4 million
with the majority of funds coming from existing shareholders through an open
offer. Although African Eagle has been successful in raising finance in the
past, there is no assurance that it will be able to obtain adequate finance in
the future. However, the directors have a reasonable expectation that they will
secure additional funding when required to. For this reason, the directors
continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

5.  Summary Accounts

The summary accounts set out above do not constitute statutory accounts as
defined in Section 435 of the Companies Act 2006 in respect of the 2009 Accounts
or by Section 240 of the Companies Act 1985 in respect of the 2008 Accounts. The
summarised consolidated statement of comprehensive income together with the
consolidated statement of financial position, the summarised consolidated
statement of changes in equity and the summarised consolidated statement of cash
flow for the year then ended have been extracted from the Group's 2009 audited
statutory financial statements.  The auditor's report on the statutory financial
statements for the years ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 were unqualified and
did not contain any statement under Section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act
2006.

6.         Preliminary Statement

Copies of the Annual Report will be sent to shareholders that have elected to
receive hardcopy documents in May and will be available from the Company at 2nd
Floor, 6-7 Queen Street, London, EC4N 1SP. The full financial statements will be
made available on the Company's website www.africaneagle.co.uk
<http://www.africaneagle.co.uk/> at the same time they are mailed to
shareholders.

For further information, see the Company's website www.africaneagle.co.uk
<http://www.africaneagle.co.uk/> or contact one of the following:




Bevan Metcalf
African Eagle
+44 20 7248 6059

Nicola Marrin
Seymour Pierce Limited, London
+44 20 7107 8000

Charmane Russell
Russell & Associates, Johannesburg
+27 11 8803924
+27 82 8928052

Ed Portman / Leesa Peters
Conduit PR, London
+44 20 7429 6607
+44 7733 363 501




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