POSITIVE BOTTLE ROLL LEACH TEST RESULTS
        FROM AFRICAN EAGLE'S ZANZUI NICKEL PROJECT, TANZANIA

             Second promising nickel project in Tanzania


  * Nickel extractions average 71%
  * Lower acid consumption than Dutwa, averaging 185 kg/tonne
  * Mineralisation appears similar to that at Dutwa


African Eagle Resources  plc has  received the final  report on  acid
leach tests on drill samples from its Zanzui nickel laterite  project
in Tanzania.  The tests were carried out by Mintek in South Africa.

The leach test results show promising nickel extractions, averaging
71% on a solid basis, with low sulphuric acid consumption of just 185
kilograms per tonne on average.

These results are comparable to the data from the Company's Dutwa
laterite deposit, where a favourable scoping study was recently
announced by the Company.

African Eagle's Managing Director Mark Parker comments:
"Whilst Dutwa remains  our primary  focus and  the Company's  efforts
will  be  directed  towards  completing  the  feasibility  study  now
commenced there, the Zanzui results are very favourable.

"Geological  mapping,  together  with  the  results  of  the  limited
drilling to date,  suggest that  whilst the nickel  grades at  Zanzui
appear to be marginally lower  than at Dutwa the geographical  extent
of the  Zanzui  complex  is  much greater  and  so  potentially  this
significant laterite is even larger than Dutwa.

The deposit's similarities to Dutwa show that we may have  identified
a whole province  of easily  leachable nickel  laterites in  northern
Tanzania.  This  augurs  well for  the  long term  sustainability  of
African Eagle's nickel activities  in this promising region."

Adopting  standard   "bottle   roll"  testwork   procedures,   Mintek
researchers found that nickel extractions from Zanzui drill  cuttings
varied between 55% and 87%, as  shown in the table below,  calculated
from the head and residue assays. Cobalt extractions ranged from  21%
to 75%.

Acid consumption was even less  than for the Dutwa laterite  samples,
ranging from 140 to 250 kilograms per tonne, with an average of 190.



Sample          RC09 RC13 RC15 RC20 RC21 RC22  RC23 RC25 Average
Ni head grade % 1.29 0.79 0.80 1.16 0.99 1.11  1.42 1.01
Co head grade % 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.12 0.08 0.05 <0.05 0.07
Acid kg/t        250  170  180  200  200  140   160  180   185
Ni extraction    87%  60%  55%  74%  69%  76%   76%  67%     71%
Co extraction    33%  23%  36%  21%  27%  52%   75%  39%     38%



Technical terms

A  glossary  of  technical  terms  used  by  African  Eagle  in  this
announcement  and   other  published   material  may   be  found   at
www.africaneagle.co.uk/african-eagle-projects-glossary.html




For further information:

Mark Parker
Managing Director
African Eagle
+44 20 7248 6059
+44 77 5640 6899

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

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

Ed Portman / Gareth Tredway
Conduit PR, London
+44 20 7429 6607
+44 (0) 7733 363 501



About Zanzui

The Zanzui Complex, located approximately 70km south of African
Eagle's Dutwa nickel laterite deposit and 110km east of Mwanza, is a
strongly layered circular ultramafic intrusion covering an area of
approximately 140km². It was first investigated in the 1980s by the
United Nations Development Programme, which reported high geochemical
nickel anomalies and up to 1.24g/t palladium in diamond drill core
samples. Pan concentrates with up to 8.3g/t gold were recorded from
the Ndudumo River on the southern margin of the complex and there are
reports of platinum nuggets panned from streams around the complex.

African Eagle conducted geochemical surveys which also returned
anomalous values for nickel and cobalt as well as platinum and gold.
Ground and airborne magnetometer surveys completed by African Eagle
over the area clearly show the layering of the complex.

African Eagle completed a 30 hole reverse circulation scout drilling
programme for 1940m during the latter part of 2008 to investigate the
potential for nickel laterite. The drill results showed that parts of
the Complex have a nickel-enriched laterite blanket with grades and
thicknesses similar to those announced by the Company from its Dutwa
project.  Intercepts included 42m at 1.05% nickel, 33m at 0.91%
nickel, 24m at 1.02% nickel and 18m at 1.34% nickel. Zanzui is
potentially another significant laterite deposit.

To determine the  suitability of  the Zanzui  laterite for  heap/tank
leaching, bottle  roll  acid leach  tests  were performed  by  Mintek
Laboratories in South  Africa on  eight samples  of drill  cuttings.
Around 8-10kg  of material  from  each hole  was dried,  blended  and
composited, with representative 0.5kg  sub-samples of each taken  for
the leach tests.  Each sample was  placed in a glass bottle with  two
litres of dilute sulphuric acid and agitated continuously by  rolling
on rotating  rollers. Leaching  was complete  after approximately  30
days. Nickel  extractions  varied  between 55%  and 87%,  and  cobalt
extractions ranged  from 21%  to 75%,  calculated from  the head  and
residue assays. Acid consumption ranged from 140 to 250 kilograms per
tonne, with an average of 190, even less than for the Dutwa  laterite
samples.






About African Eagle

African Eagle is  a diversified mineral  exploration and  development
company operating  in  eastern  and  central  Africa.  The  Company's
principal advanced project is the Dutwa nickel laterite discovery  in
Tanzania, where the Company announced  results of a positive  scoping
study in  July  2009, which  indicated  that  Dutwa, if  it  were  in
production today,  would  be profitable.   African  Eagle is  also  a
partner in the  Mkushi Copper Mines  project in Zambia,  for which  a
draft Feasibility Study was completed in Q4 2008.

African Eagle has also  defined a gold resource  estimated at half  a
million ounces  at  the  Miyabi  gold project  in  Tanzania,  and  is
evaluating a  second  promising  nickel  laterite  deposit  which  it
recently discovered in  Tanzania. The Company  holds a  well-balanced
portfolio of promising  earlier stage gold  and base metal  projects,
including the Ndola and Mokambo projects in the Zambian Copperbelt.

Zambia,  Tanzania  and  Mozambique,  the  sites  of  African  Eagle's
projects, are all  countries which have  highly prospective  geology,
relatively low  above-ground risks  and track  records of  successful
major investments in the metals and minerals industries.

African Eagle specialises in  project generation and exploration.  To
take its discoveries into  production, it seeks  to sign up  industry
partners with  records of  successful mine  development. These  joint
ventures and,  in  time, the  revenue  from advanced  projects,  will
finance future exploration and new discoveries.

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