Issue of Equity

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

18 February 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 9,090,910 new ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') following the partial conversion at 5.5p per share by a holder 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 624,645,866 Ordinary Shares, with Convertible Loan Notes outstanding having a nominal value of £6,949,345.77, convertible into up to 126,351,740 Ordinary Shares before 18 July 2011.

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 23 February 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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