CEE Centamin Plc

Centamin PLC: Application for Listing of Ordinary Shares

PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Apr 30, 2014) - Centamin PLC (LSE: CEY) (TSX: CEE)

Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (LSE: CEY; TSX: CEE)

APPLICATION FOR LISTING OF ORDINARY SHARES

Centamin has applied for a further tranche of 2,980,494 ordinary shares to be admitted to trading.

The Company has made the application to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading of this tranche on 2 May 2014.

This relates to the final tranche of shares to be issued to the remaining Ampella Mining Limited shareholders, whose shares will be compulsorily acquired, following the Company's successful takeover bid.

In compliance with DTR5.6, as of today's date the issued share capital of the Company, with voting rights, is 1,149,127,490 (excluding the shares to be issued under the application noted above). The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.

For more information please contact:

Centamin plc Josef El-Raghy, Chairman Andy Davidson, Head of Business Development and Investor Relations (andy.davidson@centamin.je) +44 (0) 1534 828708

Buchanan Bobby Morse Gordon Poole Gabriella Clinkard + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000

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