Director's Dealing - 17 February 2012

Starvest plc ('Starvest' or the 'Company'), the provider of finance to fledgling
businesses  with a focus on mineral  exploration and development, announces that
it  received notification on 17 February 2012, that Mrs Phung Scutt, wife of the
director  Anthony C R Scutt, sold 125,000 Ordinary  shares in the Company on 16
February 2012 at a price of 9.5 pence per share.

As a result of this sale, the directors' interests in the Ordinary Shares of the
Company are as follows:

+--------------------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+
|                          |Shares now held|Percentage of issued ordinary share|
|                          |               |                            capital|
+--------------------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+
|Ronald Bruce Rowan        |     10,170,000|                             27.40%|
+--------------------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+
|Anthony Charles Raby Scutt|        235,000|                              0.63%|
+--------------------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+
|John Watkins              |      1,235,000|                              3.33%|
+--------------------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+

In  addition to  their interests  in the  Ordinary Share  Capital of the Company
stated  above,  the  Directors  remain  interested  in  the following options to
subscribe for the Company's Ordinary Shares:

+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                            | Options outstanding | Exercise price |
+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| Ronald Bruce Rowan         |           1,750,000 |       15 pence |
+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| Anthony Charles Raby Scutt |             350,000 |       15 pence |
+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| John Watkins               |             300,000 |        5 pence |
+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| John Watkins               |             100,000 |        6 pence |
+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| John Watkins               |             875,000 |       15 pence |
+----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+

Enquiries to:

Bruce   Rowan,   Chairman   020 7486 3997 or   John  Watkins,  Finance  Director
07768 512404; john@starvest.co.uk



Gerry Beaney, Colin Aaronson or David Hignell, Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
020 7383 5100







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