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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION If you are in any doubt as to what action you should take, you are recommended to seek immediately your own financial advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant, fund manager or other appropriate independent financial adviser, who is authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (‘‘FSMA’’) if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if you are not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser. This document, which in the United Kingdom comprises (i) a circular prepared for the purposes of the General Meeting convened pursuant to the letter from the Chairman of Coalfield Resources plc (the ‘‘Company’’) contained in this document and (ii) a prospectus relating to the Rights Issue, prepared in accordance with the Listing Rules and the Prospectus Rules of the UK Listing Authority (made under section 73A of FSMA) and has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (the ‘‘FCA’’) in accordance with Part VI of FSMA. A copy of this document has been filed with the FCA in accordance with Prospectus Rule 3.2.1. This document, together with the documents incorporated into it by reference (as set out in Part XI ‘‘Documents Incorporated by Reference’’ of this document) will be made available to the public in accordance with Prospectus Rule 3.2.1 by the same being made available, free of charge, at www.coalfieldresources.com, at the Company’s registered office at Harworth Park, Blyth Road, Harworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN11 8DB, and at the offices of the Registrars. If you sell or transfer or have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Existing Ordinary Shares held in certificated form (other than ex-Rights) before 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 28 August 2013 (in the case of Shareholders whose Ordinary Shares are on the Register and which are in certificated form) (the relevant ‘‘Ex-Rights Date’’), please send this document together with the accompanying form of proxy and any Provisional Allotment Letter, duly renounced, if and when received, at once to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for delivery to the purchaser or transferee except that such documents should not be sent in or into any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations, including, but not limited to any of the Excluded Territories. If you are a Shareholder whose Ordinary Shares are on the UK Register and which are in certificated form and you sell or transfer or have sold or otherwise transferred only part of your holding of Existing Ordinary Shares held in certificated form (other than ex-Rights) before the relevant Ex-Rights Date, you should immediately consult the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected and refer to the instructions regarding split applications in Part III ‘‘Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue’’ of this document and in the Provisional Allotment Letter. If you are a Shareholder whose Ordinary Shares are in uncertificated form and you sell or transfer or have sold or have otherwise transferred all or some of your Existing Ordinary Shares (other than ex-Rights) held in uncertificated form before the relevant Ex-Rights Date, a claim transaction will automatically be generated by Euroclear UK & Ireland which, on settlement, will transfer the appropriate number of Nil Paid Rights to the purchaser or transferee. The distribution of this document and the Provisional Allotment Letter and the transfer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Ordinary Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and, therefore, persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws or regulations of such jurisdictions. In particular, subject to certain exceptions, this document, the Provisional Allotment Letter and any other related documents should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into the Excluded Territories. Coalfield Resources Plc (incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 2649340) 1 for 1 Rights Issue of 299,298,160 New Ordinary Shares at 2 pence per New Ordinary Share Application for Admission of 299,298,160 New Ordinary Shares to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market Approval of waiver of obligations under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code Notice of General Meeting Investec Financial Adviser and Broker You should read this document and the information incorporated by reference into this document in full. Shareholders and any other persons contemplating a purchase of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights, Provisional Allotment Letters or New Ordinary Shares should read in particular the ‘‘Risk Factors’’ section of this document for a discussion of certain risks and other factors that should be considered when deciding on what action to take in relation to the Rights Issue or deciding whether or not to purchase Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights, Provisional Allotment Letters or New Ordinary Shares. The latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full for the New Ordinary Shares by holders of Nil Paid Rights is expected to be 11.00 am on 11 September 2013. The procedure for acceptance and payment is set out in Part III (Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue) of this Document and for Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders only, also in the Provisional Allotment Letters. Qualifying CREST Shareholders should refer to paragraph 4 of Part III (Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue) of this Document. The Existing Ordinary Shares are listed on the Standard Segment of the Official List and traded on the London Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities. Application will be made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Standard Segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, respectively. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings on the London Stock Exchange in the New Ordinary Shares (nil paid) will commence at 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 28 August 2013 and in the New Ordinary Shares (fully paid) will commence at 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 12 September 2013. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Provisional Allotment Letters and the New Ordinary Shares are not transferable except in accordance with, and the distribution of this document is subject to, the restrictions set out in paragraph 7 of Part III ‘‘Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue’’ of this document. No action has been taken by Coalfield Resources and/or Investec that would permit an offer of the New Ordinary Shares or rights thereto or possession or distribution of this document or any other offering or publicity material or the Provisional Allotment Letters, the Nil Paid Rights or the Fully Paid Rights in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United Kingdom. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act or under any securities laws of any State or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, pledged, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any State or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offer of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Provisional Allotment Letters or the New Ordinary Shares in the United States. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters also have not been and will not be registered under the securities laws of any Excluded Territory and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, pledged, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within such jurisdictions except pursuant to an applicable exemption, from and in compliance with (or in a transaction not subject to), any applicable securities laws. There will be no public offer of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Provisional Allotment Letters or the New Ordinary Shares in any of the Excluded Territories. None of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares, the Provisional Allotment Letters, this document or any other offering document relating to the Existing Ordinary Shares or to the New Ordinary Shares have been approved or disapproved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any State’s securities commission in the United States or any US regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Fully Paid Rights, the Nil Paid Rights, the Provisional Allotment Letters, the New Ordinary Shares or the Rights Issue or the accuracy or adequacy of this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence. Subject to certain exceptions, neither this document nor the Provisional Allotment Letters, will be distributed in or into the Excluded Territories, and neither this document nor the Provisional Allotment Letters constitute an offer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares to any Shareholder with a registered address in, or who is resident or located in the Excluded Territories.