Prelim Short Form Prospectus

Centamin Egypt Limited
12 December 2007



12 December 2007

                             Centamin Egypt Limited
                         ('Centamin' or 'the Company')

                       Preliminary Short Form Prospectus


Centamin Egypt Limited (TSX:CEE, ASX:CNT, AIM:CEY) announces that the
preliminary short form prospectus for the issue of 112,000,000 Ordinary Shares
upon the deemed exercise of 112,000,000 previously issued Special Warrants has
been lodged with the Ontario Securities Commission. The full preliminary short
form prospectus is available on the Company's website www.centamin.com and on
SEDAR www.sedar.com.




For more information please contact:



Centamin Egypt Limited
+ 61 (8) 9316 2640
Josef El-Raghy
www.centamin.com



Pelham Public Relations
+ 44 (0) 207 743 6376
Candice Sgroi
Mobile: + 44 (0) 7894 462 114



Ambrian Partners Limited
+ 44 (0)207 776 6400
Richard Brown







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