Andash Update

Aurum Mining PLC
29 May 2007


For immediate release                                                29 May 2007


                                AURUM MINING PLC
                           ('Aurum' or 'the Company')

                               Andash Mine Update


Aurum Mining plc (AIM: AUR), the gold-mining company focussed on the Former
Soviet Union, notes the recent press speculation and announces that the
Government of Kyrgyzstan has not suspended mining operations at the Andash gold
and copper deposit.


In line with its original plan, the Company continues to work with local
interested parties to meet regional and international social and environmental
standards. All of the commitments made in the Company's feasibility study, which
has been ratified by Kyrgyzstan authorities, are intended to be fully met.


Any concerns of the local community are being fully addressed by the Company.
Whilst this may slow some non-critical elements of the plan, the Company has no
reason to believe that the overall timing of its operational plan will be
impacted.


Mark Jones, Aurum Mining's Chief Executive, said: 'Aurum, through its local
subsidiary Andash Mining Company, has worked diligently and thoroughly
throughout the entire process, complying with all regulations of the Kyrgyzstan
Government. Personal meetings with senior government officials have confirmed
the Company's continuing good standing with the Kyrgyzstan Government.'


For further information:

Aurum Mining plc                                         Tel: [phone]

Mark Jones, Chief Executive Officer

Chris Eadie, Chief Financial Officer

Arbuthnot Securities                                     Tel: [phone]

Graham Swindells

John Toll

Buchanan Communications                                  Tel: [phone]

Mark Court / Rebecca Skye Dietrich


Notes to editors

Aurum Mining, which joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May
2004, is a mining company focussed on gold opportunities in the Former Soviet
Union. Its principal asset is an exploration licence over the Andash gold and
copper project in the Kyrgyz Republic. A mining licence for Andash Zone 1 was
awarded by the Kyrgyz authorities in 2006. The bankable feasibility study
compiled by Wardell Armstrong International, also in 2006, confirmed a measured
and indicated resource base of 19.2 million tonnes at 1.1 grams per tonne of
gold and 0.4% copper, which equates to 1.1 million ozs of gold and gold
equivalent. Initial production at Andash Zone 1 is expected in 2008. The Andash
project also includes Zone 2 and Zone 3 along with Tokhtonysay, Nakhodka and
three other additional exploration areas.



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