correction to eps

Centamin Egypt Limited
16 March 2005




16 March 2005



The Announcements Officer
The Australian Stock Exchange Limited
PO Box 11224
Australia Square
Sydney NSW 2000



Dear Sir/Madam

We wish to advise that there was an error in the calculation of the earnings per
share (EPS) as referred to on page five (5) of the Financial Report for the
Quarter Ended 31 December 2004. The correct figures are as follows:-

                                             Half-Year Ended    Half-Year Ended
                                                31 Dec 04          31 Dec 03

Earnings per share - Basic (cents per share)      (0.127)           (0.19)
                   - Diluted (cents per share)    (0.127)           (0.19)

Should you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely


Heidi Brown
Company Secretary
Centamin Egypt Limited




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