Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. — Major Shareholding Notification 2008

May 27, 2008

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28 May 2008

OPES PRIME UPDATE

The Directors of Thor Mining PLC (Thor) disclose the following update regarding shareholdings and the beneficial ownership of such shares as a result of transactions entered into between Opes Prime and its customers.

It appears from Thor’s shareholder register as at 27 May 2008 that both the CDI shares (ASX:THR) and CDI Warrant (ASX:THRO) holdings being disposed of by ANZ as a result of the Opes Prime transactions are now down to a minimal level, being less than 40,000 and 3,000 respectively.

Yours faithfully THOR MINING PLC

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DAMIAN DELANEY Company Secretary