Exercise of share options

African Eagle Resources plc
EXERCISE OF SHARE OPTIONS


African Eagle Resources plc ("African Eagle" or "the Company", ticker AIM: AFE;
AltX: AEA) announces that employees have exercised share options over a total of
532,000 shares at a price of 6.5p to purchase ordinary shares of one pence each
in the Company and the new shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares.

Following this exercise, the total number of shares allotted and issued is
385,294,128 and the Company has made application for 532,000 new shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM, with dealings expected to commence on 20 January
2011.

Bevan Metcalf
Company Secretary


For further information on African Eagle, see the Company's web site
www.africaneagle.co.uk or contact one of the following:

Bevan Metcalf
Finance Director
African Eagle Resources plc, London
44 20 7248 6059
44 77 5640 6899

Jeremy Stephenson
Nicola Marrin
Seymour Pierce Limited, London
Nominated Adviser and Co-Broker
44 20 7107 8000

Guy Wilkes
Ocean Equities Limited, London
Co-broker
44 20 786 4370

Ed Portman / Leesa Peters
Tavistock Communications, London
44 20 7920 3150
44 77 3336 3501

Charmane Russell / Marion Brower
Russell & Associates, Johannesburg
27 11 8803924
27 82 8928052







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Unternehmen: African Eagle Resources PLC - ISIN: GB0003394813