RNS Number:3182M
BNB Resources PLC
13 June 2003





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 JUNE 2003


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


                        Purchase of shares by Directors


The Company was notified today that certain of the directors of the Company and
parties connected with them and Simon Grinstead, consultant, have acquired, in
aggregate, 360,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.47 per cent. of the issued
share capital, each at a price of 11 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
Doug Bugie                                107,500          1,346,076               1.74                -
Montelle Properties Limited               126,250         17,070,998              22.10          386,101
Simon Grinstead                           126,250          2,061,091               2.67        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                                       17,070,998                      22.10               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                     -
                                               21,160,725                      27.38               456,818
Pension Plans                                     555,738                       0.72                     -
Total                                          53,123,646                      68.74               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.



13 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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