News Release

March 16, 2012
Anglo Pacific Group PLC Publication of Annual Report 2011
Anglo Pacific Group PLC (the "Company") (LSE: APF, TSX: APY) announces the publication of its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the "Annual Report 2011") and the Notice of the 2012
Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") on the Company's website, www.anglopacificgroup.com.
A hard copy version of the Annual Report 2011, together with the Notice and the Form of Proxy will be sent to those shareholders who have elected to continue to receive paper communications on or about March 21,
2012. Shareholders who have not elected to continue to receive paper communications, will be sent a notification of the availability of these documents on the Company's website by post or, where they have elected, by email. The documents will also be available through the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.doand through SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Appendix A to this announcement contains a description of the principal risks and uncertainties affecting the
Company and a responsibility statement.
The unaudited Preliminary Results for the year ended December 31, 2011 were announced on 22 February
2012.

For further information:

Anglo Pacific Group PLC +44 (0) 20 3435 7400
Peter Boycott, Chairman
John Theobald, Chief Executive Officer
Website: www.anglopacificgroup.com
Liberum Capital +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Chris Bowman
Christopher Kololian
Pelham Bell Pottinger +44 (0) 20 7861 3232
Lorna Spears
James MacFarlane

Registered in England No. 897608 Registered Office: 17 Hill Street, London W1J 5LJ

Notes to editors:

About Anglo Pacific Group PLC

Anglo Pacific Group PLC is a global natural resources royalties company. The Company's strategy is to expand its mineral royalty interests in low-cost, long-life mining assets. The Company achieves this through both direct acquisition and investment in projects at the development and production stage. It is a continuing policy of the Company to pay a substantial proportion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends.

Appendix A

The information set out below, which is extracted from the Annual Report 2011, constitutes the material required by the Disclosure and Transparency Rules to be communicated to the media in full unedited text through a Regulatory Information Service.
"Risks and uncertainties
In addition to normal business risks, the Board has identified, inter alia, four main macro-economic risks that could affect the Group's performance:-
(i) A prolonged, world-wide economic recession
(ii) Sustained low commodity prices
(iii) A fall in precious metal prices
(iv) Currency volatility
Measures taken by the Board to manage these risks include:-