Director/PDMR Shareholding

Centamin Egypt Limited
29 November 2006


                             Centamin Egypt Limited

                      ('Centamin Egypt' or 'the Company')


                            Director's shareholding


The Company was informed on 29 November 2006 that Black Cat Holdings Pty Ltd, a
company in which Mr. Colin N. Cowden, a director of the Company, has a 50 per
cent. interest, purchased the following ordinary shares in the capital of the
Company:

Date                    Number of shares purchased           Price paid

24 November 2006                            10,600              A$0.672

27 November 2006                            10,000               A$0.69

28 November 2006                            10,000               A$0.69


Following these purchases, Mr. Cowden's holdings in the Company's shares are as
follows:

Registered holder                                         No. of shares

Black Cat Holdings Pty Ltd*                                     431,197

Mr. C. N. Cowden                                                 92,833

Cowden Limited**                                                 29,596

* Mr. Cowden owns 50% of the shares
** Mr. Cowden owns 33.08% of the shares


29 November 2006



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