Churchill Mining plc 13 December 2005 Churchill Mining plc ("Churchill" or the "Company") 13 December 2005 Morgan Stanley Securities Limited ("MSSL") notified the Company on 8 December 2005 that it has disposed of an interest in shares in the Company that has resulted in them holding a total of 5,000,000 shares, being approximately 3.77% of the issued share capital of the Company. MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of companies. Those group companies which are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms of section 203 of the Compannies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in any shares in which MSSL is interested. For further information, please contact: Churchill Mining plc Paul Mazak/ James Hamilton Tel: +61 (0)8 9388 0377 Joint Managing Directors Ruegg & Co. (AIM Nominated Advisor) Brett Miller Tel: +44 (0)20 7584 3663 Midas Investment Management Mark Sheppard Tel: +44 0870 121 445 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange