Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4235I

Central Asia Metals PLC

25 July 2012

 



25 July 2012

Central Asia Metals plc

("CAML" or "the Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

Central Asia Metals plc (AIM:CAML), announces that on 24 July 2012 it purchased 61,200 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 90.7019 pence per ordinary share.  The highest price and the lowest price paid for these shares was 91 and 90 pence respectively. All the purchased shares will be held as Treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 385,998 ordinary shares as Treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue is 85,779,936 (excluding ordinary shares held as treasury shares).

In addition to the above, the Company announces that, further to the announcement released at 7:00am on 20 July 2012, the average price of the 31,000 ordinary shares bought by the Company on 19 July 2012 was 90.0962p and the highest and lowest prices that these shares were purchased at were 91.75 and 89.00p respectively. This information replaces that contained in RNS 1064I. All other information is as previously stated.

Enquiries:

Central Asia Metals plc                                     Nick Clarke                            [phone]

                                                                                Nigel Robinson   

Canaccord Genuity Limited                              Andrew Chubb                     [phone]
Rob Collins

Mirabaud Securities LLP                                  Peter Krens                           [phone]

Pelham Bell Pottinger                                       Charles Vivian                      [phone]

Lorna Spears        

 

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