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        <pre>Tanfield Group PLC
12 May 2006


                       Tanfield Group plc ("the Company")

                  Directors' Shareholding / Exercise of Options

Tim Robinson (Finance Director) on 12 May 2006, exercised options over 1,433,751
ordinary shares in the Company at a  price of 2p each and 95,000 ordinary shares
in the Company at a price of 1p each, totalling 1,528,751.

Tim Robinson is now interested in 1,534,938 ordinary shares in the Company
representing approximately 0.64 per cent. of  the issued share capital.


Enquiries:

Roy Stanley, Chief Executive,
Tanfield Group Plc                       Tel. 01207 521111

Ruari McGirr,
Daniel Stewart & Co plc                  Tel. 020 7776 6550


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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