Holding(s) in Company

 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Churchill Mining Plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

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

Other (please specify):

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

Pala Investments Holdings Limited

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

N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

27 May 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27 May 2009

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

Passed the 28% and 29% thresholds (29.36%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

18,706,326

18,706,326

22,706,326

22,706,326

0

29.36%

0

ISIN: N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

22,706,326

29.36

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Colin Murray

Pala Investments AG

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 41 560 9070

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)

Pala Investments Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Jersey.

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)

12 Castle Street

St Helier

Jersey JE2 3RT

Phone number & email

Contact: Colin Murray

tel. +41 41 560 9070 / +44 (0) 1534 639815

[email protected]

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Latham & Watkins (London) LLP

Contact: Alexander Merrison

+44 (0)207 710 1192

[email protected]

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

N/A

Contact address

N/A

Phone number & email

N/A

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

N/A

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.