Director Shareholding

Ormonde Mining PLC 26 October 2004 Ormonde Mining PLC 26 October 2006 Ormonde Mining plc ('Ormonde' or 'the Company') Directors' Interests in Shares Options over ordinary shares of nominal value €0.025 in the Company (the 'Options') have been granted to the Directors of Ormonde under the Company's Share Option Scheme (the 'Option Scheme'). The exercise price of each option granted under the Option Scheme is €0.13. The Options are exercisable at any time up to 23 August, 2014. The Options granted to Directors were as follows: Name of Director Options granted C Andrew 100,000 K Anderson 700,000 J Carroll 700,000 M Donoghue 700,000 A Bell 200,000 The total number of Options held by the Directors under the Option Scheme is now as follows: Name of Director Options granted C Andrew 1,000,000 K Anderson 2,200,000 J Carroll 2,200,000 M Donoghue 1,450,000 A Bell 200,000 Enquiries to: Kerr Anderson - Managing Director Ormonde Mining plc Tel: 00 353 46 9073623 kanderson@ormondemining.com John Carroll - Director Ormonde Mining plc Tel: 00 353 1 492 2936 26 October, 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange