11 September
    2017                                                                                                                                    

                                   Altona Energy Plc                               

                              ("Altona" or "the Company")                          

                              Director/PDMR Shareholding                           

    The Board of Altona (AIM: ANR) was notified on 8 September 2017 that, on the
    same day, Phillip Sutherland, a Non-Executive Director of the Company,
    purchased 500,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company at 0.27p per
    share.  Mr Sutherland's interest in the Company is now 1,440,564 shares.

    1   Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I
        person closely associated                                              
                                                                               
    a)  Name                     Phillip Sutherland                            
                                                                               
    2   Reason for the notification                                            
                                                                               
    a)  Position/status          Non-Executive Director                        
                                                                               
    b)  Initial notification /   Initial notification                          
        Amendment                                                              
                                                                               
    3   Details  of  the  issuer,   emission   allowance  market   participant,
        auction   platform, auctioneer or auction monitor                      
                                                                               
    a)  Name                     Altona Energy plc                             
                                                                               
    b)  LEI                                                                    
                                                                               
    4   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated  for (i) each    
        type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and
        (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted                 
                                                                               
    a)  Description  of the      Ordinary shares of 0.1p each                  
        financial  instrument,                                                 
        type of instrument                                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
        Identification code      GB00B06GJT32                                  
                                                                               
    b)  Nature of the                                                          
        transaction              Purchase of ordinary shares                   
                                                                               
    c)  Price(s) and volume(s)   Price(s)       Volume(s)                      
                                                                               
                                  0.27p          500,000                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
    d)  Aggregated information                                                 
        - Aggregated volume      500,000                                       
        - Price                  0.27p                                         
                                                                               
    e)  Date of the transaction  8 August 2017                                 
                                                                               
    f)  Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (AIM)                   

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    For further information, please visit www.altonaenergy.com or contact:

    Altona Energy plc                                    +44 (0)7555 679 245
    Qinfu Zhang, Executive Chairman                                         
                                                                            
    Leander (Financial PR)                               +44 (0)7795 168 157
    Christian Taylor- Wilkinson                                             
                                                                            
    Northland Capital Partners Ltd (Nomad and            +44 (0)20 3861 6625
    Broker)                                                                 
    Matthew Johnson / Gerry Beaney (Corporate                               
    Finance)                                                                
    John Howes (Corporate Broking)                                          
                                                                            

    About Altona

    Altona is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.  Its principal
    focus is on the evaluation and development of the Company's flagship Arckaringa
    Project to exploit the significant coal resources contained in three
    exploration licences covering 2,500 sq. kms in the northern portion of the
    Permian Arckaringa Basin in South Australia.  The Project is designed to
    produce syngas products for the Australian market and export from a resource
    exceeding 7.8 billion tonnes of coal (1.3 billion tonnes JORC compliant).