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Ambrian Capital PLC
08 January 2007

8 January 2007



                              Ambrian Capital plc


         Ambrian Commodities Commences Trading Carbon Credits and Sugar



Ambrian Capital plc announces that its commodities trading subsidiary, Ambrian
Commodities Limited ("Ambrian Commodities" or "the Company"), has commenced
trading carbon credits and sugar, following its success in the base and precious
metals markets.  Ambrian Commodities has gone from strength to strength since
its launch in March 2006.


Ambrian Commodities has hired two senior traders to head up the carbon credits
and sugar teams, both of whom have a high level of experience in their
respective fields.  Stephen Welham, who has over 20 years' experience in energy
and commodities trading, joins the Company from Tullett Prebon where he was a
Senior Emissions/CO2 allowances Broker.  Stephen had the responsibility at
Tullett Prebon for launching a new CO2 allowances OTC desk from scratch for
emissions trading under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and managed all aspects
of the set up and the establishment of a global customer base.  At Ambrian
Commodities, he aims to build on his success and experience by trading in both
the CO2 allowances and the Certified Emissions Reductions (CER) markets.


Jonathan Boyden, who will head up Ambrian's sugar trading team, joins the
Company from Tate & Lyle, where he was a senior trader.  Jonathan's remit for
Tate & Lyle included trading sugar futures, options and OTC derivatives on the
New York and London Exchanges, proprietary trading, hedging exchange rate
exposure and managing futures and physical positions.


The move into carbon credits and sugar trading is a natural progression for
Ambrian Commodities and demonstrative of the Ambrian group's firm commitment to
the resources sector.  Ambrian Partners Limited, the corporate finance and
stockbroking subsidiary of Ambrian Capital plc, is already active in the
renewable energy and soft commodity sectors and has specialist research teams
for both areas.


The importance of sugar, as a raw material for ethanol, is increasingly driven
by legislative requirements in both the EU and several US states.  In addition,
the rise in demand for soft commodities from the rapidly developing economies in
Asia will help drive demand for sugar for several years to come.


Malcolm Freeman, Managing Director of Ambrian Commodities, commented, "We are
very pleased to be making this move into carbon credits and sugar trading, both
of which are exciting and developing markets.  We will continue to expand our
offer based on demand, and we are predicting strong interest in these new
products from existing and new clients.


"It is imperative that we attract the right people before expanding into new
areas and I am therefore delighted to welcome on board Stephen Welham and
Jonathan Boyden, both are very experienced in their respective emissions and
sugar trading markets."


Tom Gaffney, Chief Executive of Ambrian Capital plc said, "Ambrian Commodities
proved its business model at a very early stage and continues to drive growth
and revenues for the Ambrian group as a whole.  We believe that the renewable
energy and soft commodities markets will attract increasing investor interest
this year and we aim to capitalise upon this."


About Ambrian Capital plc


Ambrian Capital plc, formerly Golden Prospect plc, is an independent investment
bank quoted on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange
(Ticker: AMBR) which has three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Ambrian Partners
Limited, a corporate finance advisor and stockbroker; Ambrian Commodities
Limited, an Associate Member of The London Metal Exchange and a broker-dealer of
LME traded metals and precious metals; and, Ambrian Asset Management Limited, a
specialist investment management business. Further information about the Group
is available on Ambrian Capital's website: www.ambrian.com



Enquiries:


Tom Gaffney                                       Tel:      +44 (0) 20 7776 6400
Chief Executive, Ambrian Capital plc

Malcolm Freeman                                   Tel:      +44 (0) 20 7776 6481
Managing Director, Ambrian Commodities

Cathy Malins / Annabel Leather                    Tel:      +44 (0) 20 7493 3713
Parkgreen Communications


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