NPM Neptune Min

    Holding(s) in Company
             



NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by
the Company.

TR-1 notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:

Neptune Minerals Plc

2. Reason for the notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

NewSmith Capital Partners LLP "NSCP LLP"
NewSmith Asset Management LLP "NSAM LLP"
NewSmith Global Opportunities Hedge Fund LLP
NewSmith Opportunities Fund LP

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

Merrill Lynch Nominees Limited

5.Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed
or reached if different):

24 July 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24 July 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

> 20% NewSmith Global Opportunities Fund LP (17.53% to 22.26%)
> 25% NewSmith Asset Management LLP (24.79% to 29.52%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of shares    |Situation      |Resulting situation  after  the  triggering|
| if possible  using  the|previous to the|transaction[1]                             |
|ISIN CODE               |Triggering     |                                           |
|                        |transaction    |                                           |
|                        |---------------+-------------------------------------------|
|                        |Number |Number |Number|Number of  voting|% of voting rights|
|                        |of     |of     |of    |rights           |                  |
|                        |Shares |Voting |shares|                 |                  |
|                        |       |Rights |------+-----------------+------------------|
|                        |       |       |Direct|Direct|Indirect  |Direct  |Indirect |
|------------------------+-------+-------+------+------+----------+--------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares         |       |       |      |      |          |        |         |
|GB 00B0LHS387           |       |       |      |      |          |        |         |
|NewSmith Global         |       |       |      |      |14,705,000|        |22.26%   |
|Opportunities Fund LP   |       |       |      |      |          |        |         |
|                        |       |       |      |      |          |        |         |
|NewSmith Asset          |       |       |      |      |19,505,000|        |29.52%   |
|Management LLP          |       |       |      |      |          |        |         |
|                        |       |       |      |      |          |        |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



B: Financial Instruments

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction              |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Type of    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of       | % of   |
| financial  | date       | Conversion   | voting rights   | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date | that may be     | rights |
|            |            |              | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              | instrument is   |        |
|            |            |              | exercised/      |        |
|            |            |              | converted.      |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
| N/A        | N/A        | N/A          | N/A             | N/A    |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+







Total (A+B)

+----------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 19,505,000              | 29.52%             |
+----------------------------------------------+



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

NSCP LLP is the parent undertaking of NSAM LLP which is the
investment manager of the NewSmith Global Opportunities Hedge Fund
LLP and the NewSmith Opportunities Fund LP.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the Proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

NSAM LLP has a notifiable interest on the basis that it is the
investment manager of the NewSmith Global Opportunities Hedge Fund
LLP and the NewSmith Opportunities Fund LP.  Interests are held as
follows;
NewSmith Global Opportunities Hedge Fund LLP 14,705,,000 shares in
the name of Merrill Lynch Nominees Limited
NewSmith Opportunities Fund LP 4,800,000 shares in certificated form
held at BoNY

14. Contact Name:

 Susanne Breach

15: Contact Telephone Number:

+44 (0) 20 7518 3734

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