Registration of Gold Reserves

Aurum Mining PLC
24 August 2005


For immediate release                                             24 August 2005



                                AURUM MINING PLC
                           ('Aurum' or 'the Company')

       Andash Mining Company's successful state registration of reserves

Aurum Mining plc (AIM: AUR), the company formed to acquire gold and other
mineral extraction projects in the Former Soviet Union, is pleased to announce
that the State Commission of Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic have included 21.7
million tonnes of C1+C2 reserves of the Andash Mining Company, Aurum's Kyrgyz
subsidiary, into their State Register. The reserves contain total Gold and Gold
equivalent of over 1.5 million oz.

Aurum secured its exploration licence to the Andash Mining Company's gold and
copper exploration project, through the acquisition, in January 2005, of Kaldora
Company Ltd.

Commenting on the announcement, Mark Jones, Aurum's Chief Executive, said:

'This reconfirms the Andash deposit as one of the most exciting Gold
opportunities in the Kyrgyz Republic, particularly as the reserves are only for
Zone 1. We will continue our exploration work to other promising prospects in
the licence area.'

For further information please contact:

Aurum Mining
Mark Jones, Chief Executive                                 Tel: [phone]

WH Ireland
Tim Cofman                                                  Tel: [phone]

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Mark Court/Amy Rajendran


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