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Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR),the UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on the hydrocarbon-producing basins of onshore UK and Europe, is pleased to announce the award of a new French exploration permit. The “Permis de Pontenx” (Pontenx Permit) was ratified on 16 December 2008 and published in the Official Journal on 20 January 2009.Egdon will operate the permit with a 40% interest through its wholly owned subsidiary Egdon Resources (New Ventures) Ltd. The other partners in the joint venture group are Eagle Energy Limited (40%) and Nautical Petroleum plc (20%).The Pontenx Permit is located on the southern margins of the Parentis Basin, an oil productive region on the Atlantic coast of France, to the south of Bordeaux. France’s largest onshore oil field, Parentis, is located some 10 kilometres to the north of the permit area and the Lucats-Cabeil heavy oil producing field is also located just to the north of the permit. The main play within the permit is oil in Cretaceous age platform and reef carbonate reservoirs. The Pontenx Permit contains the abandoned Mimizan Nord heavy oil field and a number of high potential leads and prospects adjacent to or up-dip of wells with good oil shows and tests.The permit covers an area of 313 square kilometres and has a four year initial term. The work programme will be phased, with the initial two years comprising the reprocessing and interpretation of existing 2D seismic data, a review of the rejuvenation potential of the Mimizan Nord abandoned oil field and detailed reservoir studies. A second contingent phase will comprise the acquisition of new seismic data and the drilling of a well. The total financial commitment for the joint venture group over both phases will be €2.5 million.Commenting on the permit award, Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon, said:

“With the formal award of Pontenx we now look forward to the commencement of the detailed evaluation of this highly prospective permit. Pontenx contains oil field rejuvenation, appraisal and exploration opportunities. This permit award is in line with our strategy of developing a high potential exploration portfolio as a platform for future growth with minimum near-term expenditure, whilst currently concentrating our resources on further developing our production and revenue streams. The Mimizan Nord abandoned oil field may present one such near-term production opportunity and its evaluation will be our initial priority.”

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The Company was notified today that on 19 December 2008, following disposal of ordinary shares in Egdon Resources ("Ordinary Shares"), Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited no longer have a notifiable interest in the Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

The Company was notified today that on 7 November 2008, following disposal of ordinary shares in Egdon Resources ("Ordinary Shares"), Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited held an interest in 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 7.37 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

The Company was notified on 22 December 2008 that on 19 December 2008 Hargreave Hale Limited had acquired a total of 4,750,000 ordinary shares in Egdon Resources ("Ordinary Shares"). Following the acquisition Hargreave Hale Limited is interested in 14,095,500 Ordinary Shares representing 20.5 per cent. of the issued voting capital of the Company. 10,000,000 of these Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 14.57 per cent. of the issued share capital, are for a unit trust operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd, for which Hargreave Hale manages the investments on a discretionary basis. The discretionary clients of Hargreave Hale Limited are interested in 4,095,500 of these Ordinary Shares which represent approximately 5.97 per cent. of the issued voting capital of the Company.

Egdon Resources plc (the "Company") was informed on 5 December 2008 that on 19 August 2008 Mr John Rix, Non-Executive Director, was the beneficiary of a distribution in specie from a VCT trust which held Ordinary Shares in the Company and as result 872 shares were transferred to him. Similarly 1,744 shares were transferred to his wife.Mr Rix's total beneficial shareholding in the Company has as a result increased by 2,616 shares to a total of 1,293,949 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.89% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Company was notified on 6 November 2008 that on 3 and 5 November 2008 Hargreave Hale Limited had acquired a total of 6,245,000 ordinary shares in Egdon Resources ("Ordinary Shares") for discretionary clients. Following these acquisitions, the discretionary clients of Hargreave Hale Limited are interested in 9,345,500 Ordinary Shares which represent approximately 13.6 per cent. of the issued voting capital of the Company.

The Directors of Egdon Resources plc are please to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held at the offices of Buchanan Communications at 11.30 am on 4 December 2008 all resolutions put before the meeting were duly passed.At the meeting the Managing Director Mark Abbott presented a review of the business and its plans for 2009 which is now available on the Company's website www.egdon-resources.com.The Company would also like to provide a brief update on some of its current operations.In licence PEDL118 (Egdon 100% interest) the Company is pleased to advise that the Dukes Wood-1 exploration well was spudded on 18 November 2008. The top-hole section of the well was drilled and cased to a depth of 47 metres before suspending the well until a larger rig becomes available to undertake directional drilling operations, expected to be, in the first quarter of 2009. The Dukes Wood-1 well will be drilled directionally to a planned measured depth of around 800 metres to test the crestal part of the Dukes Wood anticline in an area where Egdon have identified potential for undrained oil and re-migrated oil. The primary target for the well will be the Ashover Grit reservoir with secondary reservoir objectives in the Sub-Alton Crawshaw, Loxley Edge Rock and Wingfield Flags intervals. A previous well from this part of the structure was re-entered in 1992 and produced 180 barrels of oil during a short swab test from the upper interval of the Ashover Grit indicating the presence of recoverable oil in this part of the field. The PEDL118 licence has also been extended into its second licence period which expires on 31 January 2013.Just to the south of the Eakring-Dukes Wood field is the shut-in Kirklington oil field in 13th Round licence PEDL203 (Egdon 100% interest). Kirklington which produced from the Sub-Alton Crawshaw and Chatsworth Grit reservoirs has been shut-in since 2004. Egdon believe that over half a million barrels could remain recoverable from the field via a sidetrack of the existing Kirklington-2 well. Egdon is in the process of concluding the agreements to acquire the Keddington-2 well site and anticipates production will be restarted from the existing well by year end.Planning consent has been received from Dorset County Council for testing operations at Waddock Cross in Dorset licence PL090 (Egdon 45% interest). The Company is currently working to discharge all of the planning conditions and anticipates testing operations will commence during the first half of 2009.The Company has been advised by Star Energy, the operator of Hampshire licence PEDL070 (Egdon 20% interest) which contains the Avington Oil Field, that pressure gauges have been run into the production wells this week in anticipation of recommencing oil production operations during December.Commenting on the recent operations and the near term strategy of the Company, Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon said;"As set out in our post-demerger strategy, the Company continues to focus on production and development projects designed to increase our near-term revenue and cash flow. We are making good progress in this regard and look forward to increasing levels of production from continuing oil production at Keddington, the restoration of production at Avington and the restarting of production at Kirklington during December. The early part of 2009 will see the drilling and evaluation of the Dukes Wood-1 well, planned testing at Waddock Cross and enhancement of production levels at Keddington. We also look forward to concluding a gas sales agreement for Kirkleatham and the commencement of gas sales during 2009.Egdon has an excellent portfolio of exploration projects in the UK and France and we remain committed to adding shareholder value through the drill-bit. As such we are currently marketing farm-out opportunities with the aim of bringing forward drilling activity on a number of our projects.The Company has sufficient cash resources for our planned 2009 programme of work and we are well positioned for growth during the current market and commodity price environment"View or download full release

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The Company was notified on 4 November 2008 that, as a result of a disposal of ordinary shares in Egdon Resources ("Ordinary Shares") on 3 November 2008, Brewin Dolphin Limited holds 3,424,128 Ordinary Shares (with an equivalent amount of voting rights) which represents approximately 4.99per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share voting capital of the Company.These shares are held indirectly as follows:Brewin Dolphin Nominees353,9000.52Giltspur Nominees Limited3,060,2284.46Brewin Dolphin Nominees a/c Charity 10,000 0.014