Issue of Equity

PAN PACIFIC AGGREGATES PLC

ISSUE OF EQUITY

The Board of Pan Pacific Aggregates plc (the "Company"), the British Columbia based aggregates company, is pleased to announce that, following the placing announcement issued on 19 July 2011, it was announced that Euan McAlpine (a director of the Company), was issued with 25,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.1p per share in consideration for Mr McAlpine agreeing to capitalise £25,000 of salary, fees and expenses owed to him by the Company. Following the passing of all resolutions at the annual general meeting, these shares have now been allotted by the Company.

The 25,000,000 new ordinary shares are being placed under existing authorities to issue and allot shares in the Company and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary share capital of the Company. Application has been made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted for trading on AIM and it is expected that dealings will commence on 12 August 2011.

Following this transaction, Mr McAlpine's beneficial interest in the Company will be 170,180,555 ordinary shares (representing approximately 4.4 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company on Admission).

Following the above, the issued share capital of the Company on Admission will be 3,904,536,792 ordinary shares.

For further information please see the Company's web site, www.panagg.com or contact: