Exploration Licence Granted in Saudi Arabia

AIM: KEFI

                                                                  4th July 2012

                               KEFI Minerals Plc                               

                      ("KEFI Minerals" or the "Company")                       

                  Exploration Licence GRANTED In Saudi Arabia                  

KEFI Minerals, an AIM-quoted gold and copper exploration company with projects
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce the receipt of their
fourth mineral Exploration Licence (the "Licence") in Saudi Arabia. The
Licence, "Jibal Qutman" has been granted to the Gold & Minerals ("G&M") Joint
Venture by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources
for a period of five years. The ELAs were initially applied for and granted to
ARTAR. Incorporation of G&M is now complete and granted Licences will be
transferred into the JV company in due course.

KEFI Minerals has a 40% interest in the G&M Joint Venture and is the operating
partner. To date, the Company has a total of four granted Exploration Licences
and a total of 19 Exploration Licence Applications ("ELAs") in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.

The Jibal Qutman Licence, which covers an area of 99.9km2, hosts part of the
prospective Nabitah-Tathlith Fault Zone, a 300km long fault structure with over
40 gold occurences and ancient gold mines.

HIGHLIGHTS

  * G&M Joint Venture to immediately commence surface exploration programmes
    over the Licences with the aim of generating targets for drill testing as
    soon as possible;
   
  * Rock chip channel sampling, undertaken by G&M during field assessment of
    the area, returned results of up to 4m at 9.36 g/t Au and 93 g/t Ag and
    1.5m at 5.72 g/t Au and 67 g/t Ag on unmined portions of quartz vein. Where
    not mined out the vein widths are generally 2-5m wide, with a maximum width
    of 11m. Surface rock chip grab samples are consistently high grade,
    averaging over 9 g/t Au and 70 g/t Ag.
   
The United States Geological Survey "USGS" explored the area and drilled 3
holes in 1983, best results included 5m @ 5.2 g/t Au and 90 g/t Ag (with
highlights of 0.5m @ 13.0 g/t Au and 180 g/t Ag, 0.4m @ 12.5 g/t Au and 173 g/t
Ag); and 1.6m @ 6.8 g/t Au and 66 g/t Ag. Numerous veins were intersected but
not sampled. In addition, core loss up to 80% was recorded in quartz vein
intervals.

Old workings and quartz outcrops extend for over 2.9km at surface and vein
outcrops continue over 2km to the north. In addition, G&M has discovered new
areas of ancient mining and gold bearing veins in the ELA area.

KEFI Minerals' Managing Director, Jeff Rayner, commented:

"We are delighted to have been granted the Jibal Qutman Exploration Licence.The
mineralisation represents a walk up drill target. Our geologists will shortly
commence and complete mapping and further sampling with the intention of
progressing rapidly to a drilling stage."

KEFI Minerals' Strategic Plan in the Kingdon of Saudi Arabia

Ä°n 2009 KEFI Minerals formed the Gold and Minerals ("G&M") Joint Venture in
Saudi Arabia with local Saudi partner Abdul Rahman Saad Al-Rashid & Sons
Company Limited ("ARTAR"), to explore for gold and associated metals in the
Arabian Shield. To date, the JV has conducted preliminary reconnaisance and
lodged 23 Exploration Licence Applications (ELA's), of which 4 have been
granted.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has instituted policies to encourage minerals
exploration and development and KEFI Minerals supports this priority by serving
as the technical partner within G&M. ARTAR also serves this Government policy
as the major partner in G&M, which is one of the early movers in the modern
resurgence of the Kingdom's minerals sector.

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Enquiries

                                                                               

KEFI Minerals

Jeffrey Rayner [phone]

Fox-Davies Capital

Simon Leathers [phone]

Bishopsgate Communications

Nick Rome [phone]

References in this announcement to exploration results and potential have been
approved for release by Mr. Jeffrey Rayner.Mr Rayneris a geologist and has more
than 25years' relevant experience in the field of activity concerned. He is a
Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and has
consented to the inclusion of the material in the form and context in which it
appears.

Further information on KEFI Minerals is available at www.kefi-minerals.com