Holding(s) in Company

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

Beacon Hill Resources 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 (dilution due to share capital increase of the issuer)

X

Other (please specify):

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

Asserva Private Trust Company Limited (as trustee of an irrevocable discretionary trust)

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

Lynchwood Nominees Ltd. (with respect to ordinary shares; GB00B4WM8G33)

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited (with respect to CDIs; AU000000BHU4)

both as nominees for Pelham Investments Ltd

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

16 January 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 January 2014

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

15%, 14%

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

GB00B4WM8G33 (ordinary shares)

225,048,920

225,048,920

225,048,920

13.39%

AU000000BHU4 (CDIs)

3,938,375

7,876,750

7,876,750

0.46%

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

232,925,670

13.86%

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

Pelham Investments Ltd is wholly owned by Hansa Aktiengesellschaft which in turn is wholly owned by Asserva Private Trust Company Limited as trustee of an irrevocable discretionary trust.

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:

Dilution of previously notified major shareholding due to share capital increase of the issuer.

14. Contact name:

Mr. Kuno Sutter Schreiber

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 52 647 02 19