9 April 2014

African Eagle Resources plc

("African Eagle" or the "Company")

Change in Directors' shareholdings and proposed Board Changes

African Eagle announces that the Company has been notified of the following disposals of Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each in the issued share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by directors of African Eagle ("Directors") at a price of 0.225p per Ordinary Share and confirms that the Directors no longer own any Ordinary Shares in the Company:

Name Number of Ordinary Shares held prior to the disposal % of issued share capital (%)
Julian McIntyre 184,245,047* 21.15
Mark Thompson 17,526,571 2.01
Paul Colucci** 14,285,714 1.64

*held by Allard Services Limited which is a family trust company of Non-Executive Director Julian McIntyre

**this disposal is due to complete later today

The Ordinary Shares have been purchased by Salkeld Investments Limited, an entity wholly owned by Mr Nick Clarke. Following the purchases Nick Clarke will be beneficially interested in 228,057,332 Ordinary Shares in African Eagle, representing approximately 26.18 per cent. of the issued share capital.

The Company also announces that it is proposed that Mr Nick Clarke and Mr Kola Karim will, subject to compliance with the AIM Rules, be appointed to the Board in due course and it is proposed that Julian McIntyre, Venkat Siva, Mark Thompson and Paul Colucci will resign with effect from the appointment date of Mr Clarke and Mr Karim or earlier. A separate announcement will be made in due course in relation to the proposed new Board members in accordance with the AIM Rules.

Nick Clarke went to the Camborne School of Mines graduating with a BSc in mining and is an entrepreneur having founded and sold two trading house businesses. Since 2010, Mr Clarke has been a private investor in a number of resource companies, including African Eagle Resources plc.  Mr Clarke purchased substantially all of the African Eagle subsidiaries', assets and liabilities in August 2013.

Kola Karim is Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline Energy International, an energy and infrastructure company focused on Africa.

Further announcements will be made in accordance with the AIM Rules in due course.

For further information please visit www.africaneagle.co.uk or contact the following:

Enquiries:

African Eagle Resources plc
Robert McLearon, Managing Director
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7002 5361
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser) Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396
Roland Cornish
Emily Staples
Pareto Securities Limited (Broker)
Guy Wilkes
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7786 4370  

About African Eagle
African Eagle Resources plc is quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange (AFE) and Johannesburg AltX (AEA) stock exchanges. 

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