Issue of Equity

Beacon Hill Resources plc / Ticker: BHR / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

18 July 2011

Beacon Hill Resources Plc ('Beacon Hill' or 'the Company')

Issue of Equity

Beacon Hill Resources Plc, the AIM listed resource company, has today issued 130,816,618 new ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') following the conversion, of principal and interest due, by the holders of convertible loan notes issued on 19 July 2010 ('Convertible Loan Notes'). Following this conversion, the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will comprise 871,442,137 Ordinary Shares. All the Convertible Loan Notes have now been converted.

As a result of the above conversion, Renaissance Partners Investments Limited, via subsidiary companies or funds managed by it, is interested in 231,982,186 Ordinary Shares representing 26.62 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

The Company has made application for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to occur, and dealings in the shares will commence, on 21 July 2011 ('Admission'). The new Ordinary Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued shares of Beacon Hill, including the right to receive any dividends and other distributions declared following Admission.

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