PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

RNS Number : 7020B

Centamin Egypt Limited

30 October 2009

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

(TSX:CEE, ASX:CNT, AIM:CEY)

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS AND CANCELLATION TO TRADING ON AIM

Centamin announces that it has today published its prospectus ("Prospectus") in connection with the admission of its entire issued ordinary share capital to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities ("Admission").

It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in Centamin's ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange's main market will commence at 08.00 am on Friday 6 November 2009. Trading in the Company's ordinary shares on AIM will be cancelled simultaneously. However, trading of the Company's ordinary shares on the Australian Securities Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange will continue under current arrangements. The Company is not raising any funds or issuing any new ordinary shares in connection with Admission. The Company's TIDM code on the London Stock Exchange will continue to be CEY and, on Admission, there will be 1,019,466,078 ordinary shares in issue.

Copies of the Prospectus are available from the office of Baker & McKenzie LLP, English legal advisors to the Company, at 100 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6JA, United Kingdom during normal business hours and on the Company's website www.centamin.com.

The Prospectus has also been submitted to the United Kingdom Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the United Kingdom Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

For Centamin Egypt Limited

Josef El-Raghy

Managing Director/CEO

30 October 2009

For more information please contact:

Centamin Egypt Limited

+ 61 (8) 9316 2640

Josef El-Raghy

www.centamin.com

Buchanan Communications Limited

+ 44 (0) 207 7466 5000

Bobby Morse