Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 2159Z

Centamin Egypt Limited

17 September 2009

 



Immediate Release                                                                                                                                            17 September 2009

Centamin Egypt Limited

('Centamin' or 'the Company')

Issue of Equity

Centamin Egypt Limited (TSX:CEE, ASX:CNT, AIM:CEY) announces that, following the exercise of unquoted broker warrants, 500,000 ordinary shares were issued and allotted at an exercise price of C$1.20 on 15 September 2009. An additional 500,000 ordinary shares were issued and allotted today at an exercise price of A$1.05 as a result of the exercise of unquoted employee options.  

Application has been made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in the Company and trading of these shares on AIM is expected to commence on 23 September 2009.

The total number of Ordinary Shares on issue following the above issues is 1,014,739,903.

For more information please contact:

Centamin Egypt Limited

+ 61 (8) 9316 2640

Josef El-Raghy 

www.centamin.com

Buchanan Communications Limited

+ 44 (0) 207 7466 5000

Ben Willey

Bobby Morse 

Ambrian Partners Limited

+ 44 (0) 207 7634 4700

Richard Brown

Richard Greenfield

 

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