Immediate Release |
24 March 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 on 23 March 2009 at an exercise price of C$0.86 per share, and a further 20,000 ordinary shares were issued and allotted today as a result of the exercise of unquoted options at an exercise price of A$0.35 per share.
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 31 March 2009.
The total number of Ordinary Shares on issue following this issue is 987,193,363.
For more information please contact:
Centamin Egypt Limited
+ 61 (8) 9316 2640
Josef El-Raghy
Buchanan Communications
+ 44 (0) 207 466 5000
Bobby Morse
Mobile: + 44 (0) 7802 875 227
Ambrian Partners Limited
+ 44 (0)207 776 6400
Richard Brown