Date: 3rd October 2005

Tiger Resource Finance plc ('Tiger' or 'the Company')

Transaction in Own Shares

Tiger Resource Finance p.l.c. ("Tiger" or the "Company") announces that on 30 September 2005, it purchased 1,500,000 ordinary shares at prices between 3 pence and 3.175 pence per ordinary share. These shares are to be held as treasury stock.

For further information please contact:

Bruce Rowan, Chairman - Tel: +0044 (0) 20 7486 3997
Colin Bird, Director - Tel: +0044 (0) 20 7581 4477