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North River Resources plc / Ticker: NRRP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining 7 October 2015

North River Resources plc ('North River' or the 'Company') Director Holdings

North River Resources, the AIM quoted resource company focused on the Namib Lead-Zinc Project in Namibia, announces that, further to this morning's admission of the shares issued under the Open Offer, the Greenstone Placing and the Shortfall Placing (as defined in the Company's announcement yesterday) (together the 'Phase One Fundraising'), the Directors have the following beneficial and non-beneficial shareholdings in the Company:


Director

Shareholding in

the Company

prior to completion of the

Phase One Fundraising

Ordinary Shares

subscribed for as part of the Phase

One Fundraising***

Shareholding in

the Company post completion of the

Phase One Fundraising

Percentage of

issued share capital following completion of the

Phase One Fundraising

Brett Richards

22,619,047

3,238,342

25,857,389

1.18%

James Beams

-

48,575,130

48,575,130

2.21%

Keith Marshall

-

10,000,000

10,000,000

0.45%

Ken Sangster

-

5,000,000

5,000,000

0.23%

Mark Thompson

28,571,429

-

28,571,429

1.30%

Ding Chan*

266,666,667

-

266,666,667

12.13%

Mark Sawyer**

564,858,446

94,649,198

659,507,644

29.99%


* Held indirectly through Kalahari Gold Limited and Kalahari Diamonds Limited, each of which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Extract Resources Limited, which in turn is owned by Taurus Minerals Limited (Ms Ding Chan is the appointee of Taurus Minerals Limited).

** Held indirectly through Greenstone Resources L.P ('Greenstone'). Mark Sawyer does not have any direct interest in the Ordinary Shares or any options over Ordinary Shares but is a founding partner of Greenstone. Greenstone also holds the Tranche One Notes (as defined in the Company's announcement yesterday), pursuant to the terms of the Greenstone Placing.

*** The Ordinary Shares were subscribed for at a price of 0.2 pence per Ordinary Share, which is the same price as the Open Offer was completed at.


For further information please visit www.northriverresources.com or contact:



James Beams

North River Resources Plc

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7025 7047

Andrew Emmott / Ritchie Balmer

Strand Hanson Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

Jonathan Williams / Kim Eckhof

RFC Ambrian Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3440 6800

Elisabeth Cowell / Lottie Brocklehurst

St Brides Partners Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177

**ENDS**
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