LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwired) -- 10/30/14

Anglo Pacific Group PLC (LSE: APF) (TSX: APY)

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof     Anglo Pacific Group
 existing shares to which voting rights areattached:ii                  PLC
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               X
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
 instruments which may result in the acquisition of
 shares already issued to which voting rights are
 attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
 economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification    Liontrust Investment
 obligation:iii                                                 Partners LLP
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
 3.):iv                                                                  N/A
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5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the
 threshold is crossed orreached:v                                 28/10/2014
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 29/10/2014
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:vi, vii                10%,11%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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Class/   Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering
 type of to the triggering     transaction
shares   transaction
 if
 possible
 using
the ISIN
 CODE
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         Number     Number     Number     Number of voting   % of voting
         of         of         of shares  rights             rights x
         Shares     Voting
                    Rights
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                                                     Indirect
                               Direct     Direct xi  xii     Direct Indirect
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Ordinary 11,016,860 11,016,860 13,351,432 13,351,432 N/A     11.46% N/A

GB000644
 9366
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of             Expiration Exercise/             Number of      % of
 financial          date xiii  Conversion Period xiv voting         voting
 instrument                                          rights that    rights
                                                     may be
                                                     acquired if
                                                     the
                                                     instrument is
                                                     exercised/
                                                     converted.
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N/A                 N/A        N/A                   N/A            N/A
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
 Financial Instruments xv, xvi
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of  Exercise   Expiration Exercise/   Number of voting  % of voting
 financ- price      date xvii  Conversion  rights instrument rights xix, xx
 ial inst-                     period xvii refers to
 rument                        i
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N/A      N/A        N/A        N/A         N/A               al     Delta
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                                                             N/A    N/A
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