Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Asia Resource Minerals plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

X

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Forest Nominees Limited a/c GC1

Chase Nominees Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

01 04 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

02 04 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Decrease in holding of voting rights from over 14% of voting rights to over 11% of voting rights.

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 1p shares ISINGB00B5BLXT62

26,714,584

26,714,584

26,714,584

26,714,584

0

11.0869

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

Founder Securities

As described in the prospectus dated 28 June 2011

Any time in four years from completion of the Bumi acquisition

As described in the prospectus dated 28 June 2011

As described in the prospectus dated 28 June 2011

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

26,714,584 voting shares and contingent rights under Founder Securities.

11.0869% of voting rights and contingent right under Founder Securities.

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Following the conversion of the Suspended Voting Ordinary Shares, announced by the Issuer on 26 March 2014, Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild's holding of 26,714,584 Voting Ordinary Shares now represents 11.0869% of the total number of Voting Ordinary Shares in issue of 240,957,067 ( previously 14.8% of 180,514,285 Voting Ordinary Shares)

14. Contact name:

David Larkin

15. Contact telephone number:

01481 729466