RNS Number:2464M
BNB Resources PLC
12 June 2003


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 june 2003


                               BNB Resources PLC
                            ("BNB" or "the Company")

                        Purchase of shares by Directors


The Company was notified on 11 June 2003 that on that date certain of the
directors of the Company and parties connected with them and Simon Grinstead,
consultant, have acquired, in aggregate, 317,500 Ordinary Shares, representing
0.41 per cent. of the issued share capital, each at a price of 12 pence per
share.  The individual purchases by the directors, consultant and parties
connected with them and their resultant holdings are as follows :


                                        Number of      Total holding      Percentage of        Number of
                                           shares                          issued share         warrants
                                                                                capital

Paul Turner                                 7,500            190,770               0.25                -
Montelle Properties Limited               155,000         16,944,748              21.93          386,101
Simon Grinstead                           155,000          1,934,841               2.50        2,000,000




The interests of the members of the Concert Party following the above purchases
are as follows :

Member of the Concert Party            Number of ordinary Percentage of issued share    Number of Warrants
                                                   shares                    capital

Perry Sub-concert Party
Xanthus Limited                                16,278,943                      21.06               222,076
Round Enterprises Limited                      15,128,240                      19.58               199,218

                                               31,407,183                      40.64               421,294

Montelle Sub-concert Party
Montelle                                       16,944,748                      21.93               386,101
Madison Trust                                     528,456                       0.68                13,649
The & Trust                                     3,421,443                       4.43                57,068
Brian Myerson                                      69,914                       0.09                     -
Julian Treger, Director                            69,914                       0.09                     -

                                               21,034,475                      27.22               456,818
Pension Plans                                     555,738                       0.72                     -

Total                                          52,997,396                      68.58               878,112



Brian Myerson has a possible beneficial interest in Madison Trust, Julian Treger
has a possible beneficial interest in Montelle Properties Limited and Roderick
MacLeod has an indirect controlling interest in Xanthus Limited.


12 June 2003



Press enquiries:

Paul Turner, Group Finance Director
BNB Resources PLC                                                 020 7634 1073

Alex Borrelli
Shore Capital                                                     020 7408 4090



DEFINITIONS

'Ordinary Shares' ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company

'Pension Plans' BNB Resources Pension Trustees Limited and The BNB Resources
Performance Share Plan

'Warrants' warrants to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares


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