Issue of Equity

16 July 2009

                               KEFI Minerals plc                               

                      ("KEFI Minerals" or the "Company')                       

                                   AIM: KEFI                                   

                                Issue of Equity                                

KEFI Minerals notified the market on 15 June 2009 of EMED Mining Public
Limited's ("EMED") and Fox-Davies Capital Limited's ("FDC") intention to
subscribe for further ordinary shares at the price at which the last placing
was undertaken. Shareholder approval granting the Company the power to issue
shares was obtained via resolution at the Company's AGM on 3 July 2009.
Subsequent to that resolution the Company confirms that it is to issue further
ordinary shares to EMED and FDC as follows:

                              Amount                    Shares           
                                                                         
EMED Mining                   £100,000                    8,000,000
                                                                         
Fox Davies                     £40,000                    3,200,000
                                                                         
Total                 (the "Additional                   11,200,000
                       Placing Shares")                             

Application has been made to admit the Additional Placing Shares to trading on
AIM and dealings in the Additional Placing Shares are expected to commence on
23 July 2009.

EMED's continued support as a shareholder and at the project level remains a
great asset for KEFI in advancing the Company's assets in Turkey and Saudi
Arabia.

Following the issue of the Additional Placing Shares, the total number of
shares in issue in the Company will be 235,982,419 Ordinary Shares of which
EMED Mining Public Limited will be interested in 67,332,914 Ordinary Shares,
representing 28.5% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

KEFI Minerals                                 www.kefi-minerals.com
Jeffrey Rayner                                [phone]

Fox-Davies Capital
Oliver Stansfield                             [phone]

WH Ireland Limited
Katy Mitchell                                 [phone]

Bishopsgate Communications
Nick Rome                                     [phone]
Michael Kinirons

About KEFI Minerals

KEFI Minerals commenced trading on AIM in December 2006 and was formed with the
aim of creating shareholder value through the discovery and exploitation of
gold and copper deposits.

 1. In Turkey, KEFI Minerals currently has nine exploration projects:
   
 2. At Derinin Tepe, in the Western Anatolia Region, low-sulphidation
    epithermal quartz veins have been identified with gold and silver
    mineralisation.
   
At Artvin, in northeastern Turkey, extensive hydrothermal alteration and gold
and base metal mineralisation have been recognised in the project area, as well
as historical workings indicating potential for economic mineralisation. The
Company's Artvin Project is held in a joint venture operated by KEFI Minerals
and funded by Centerra Gold Inc.  Centerra has the right to earn up to 70%
interest in the property by spending USD$6 million over 5 years.

 3. Bakir Tepe, in southwestern Turkey, is prospective for VMS polymetallic
    deposits.
   
 4. At Gumushane, in eastern Turkey, areas of extensive hydrothermal alteration
    have been recognised in the project area, as well as coincident areas of
    interest identified through interpretation of ASTER data.
   
 5. Hasancelebi, in central Turkey, is prospective for high-sulphidation
    epithermal gold mineralisation and Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold ('IOCG')
    mineralisation.
   
 6. Muratdag, in the Western Anatolia Region, is prospective for Carlin-style
    epithermal gold mineralisation.
   
 7. At Yatik, in the Western Anatolia Region, low-sulphidation epithermal
    quartz veins with gold and silver mineralisation have been identified.
   
KEFI Minerals also has an extensive exploration database which contains
information about approximately 100 further prospective sites in Turkey. This
database provides the Company with a competitive advantage to identify
prospective areas for project generation in Turkey. Monitoring of the
exploration licence status of geologically prospective areas will be carried
out on an ongoing basis so that KEFI Minerals can acquire further exploration
opportunities as soon as they become available.

KEFI Minerals Plc has also formed a new minerals exploration joint venture -
Gemco Limited ("GEMCO") - with leading Saudi construction and investment group
Abdul Rahman Saad Al-Rashid & Sons Company Limited ("ARTAR"). KEFI Minerals is
the operating partner with a 40 per cent shareholding of GEMCO with ARTAR
holding the other 60 per cent.

GEMCO's primary target will be the discovery and development of a 1 million
plus ounce gold deposit in the under explored Precambrian Shield in The Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia.

EMED Mining has agreed to provide technical and administrative systems and
personnel to KEFI Minerals on a cost-recovery basis, thus enabling KEFI
Minerals to reduce overheads and spend more on exploring Turkey. KEFI Minerals'
Board of Directors is comprised of Mr. Harry Anagnostaras-Adams (Chairman), Mr.
Jeffrey Rayner (Managing Director), Professor Ian Plimer (Deputy Chairman) and
John Leach (Finance Director).

Further information on KEFI Minerals is available at www.kefi-minerals.com and
the Company's AIM code is "KEFI".