Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Allied Gold Mining 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

Other (please specify):

Completion of Schemes of arrangement

X

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

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

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

JP Morgan Chase Bank London

The Bank of NY

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

30 June 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

1 July 2011

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

Above 7 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

GB00B44QDS07

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 GBP.1

15,603,064

7.81 %

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

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)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,603,064

7.81 %

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:

14. Contact name:

Lori A. Weber

Assistant Secretary, Franklin Resources, Inc.

15. Contact telephone number:

954-847-2283

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)

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

One Franklin Parkway

San Mateo, CA 94403

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Franklin Resources, Inc.

Contact address

300 SE 2nd StreetFort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Attn.: Lori A. Weber

Assistant Secretary

Phone number & email

954-847-2283

[email protected]

Other useful information

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

Franklin Advisers, Inc., is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.

C: Additional information

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