Anglo Pacific Group PLC: Notification of Major Interest in

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Jan 27, 2017) - Anglo Pacific Group PLC (LSE: APF) (TSX: APY)

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ		ANGLO PACIFIC GROUP PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	LIONTRUST INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:^v	26/01/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27/01/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:^{vi, vii}	11%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares^{viii, ix}
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights ^x
			Direct	Direct ^xi	Indirect ^xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0006449366	20,270,188	20,270,188	18,578,644	18,578,644	N/A	10.99%	N/A


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date^xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period^xiv		Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date ^xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Nominal	Delta
						N/A	N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
18,578,644				10.99%

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

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 will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Milly Porter
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7412 1702

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Anglo Pacific Group PLC: Notification of Major Interest in Shares