Centamin plc Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/30/12 -- Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX: CEE)(LSE: CEY) wishes to advise that the outcomes of each resolution put to the Company's members at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, in the Bishopsgate & Chancery Rooms at The Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, United Kingdom at 11:00 am (London time) are as set out below:

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                                      Total Votes  Total Votes         Votes
Resolution                                For (%)  Against (%)   Withheld(i)
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Ordinary Resolution 1.0 - Financial   751,891,204    1,888,641       195,973
 Statements and Reports

                                            99.75%        0.25%
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Ordinary Resolution 2.0 - Adoption of 267,973,837  456,291,749    23,219,513
 the Remuneration Report

                                            37.00%       63.00%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.1 - Retirement  692,258,141   31,301,756        87,421
 and Re-Election of Mr Josef El-Raghy

                                            95.67%        4.33%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.2 - Retirement  606,005,146  112,680,110     4,961,062
 and Re-Election of Mr Trevor Schultz

                                            84.32%       15.68%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.3 - Retirement  688,596,242   33,892,626     1,158,450
 and Re-Election of Mr Gordon Edward
 Haslam

                                            95.31%        4.69%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.4 - Retirement  694,009,400   29,536,472       101,447
 and Re-Election of Professor Graeme
 Robert Bowker

                                            95.92%        4.08%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.5 - Retirement  692,520,269   31,028,929        98,121
 and Re-Election of Mr Mark Arnesen

                                            95.71%        4.29%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.6 - Retirement  721,905,219    1,643,979        98,121
 and Re-Election of Mr Mark Bankes

                                            99.77%        0.23%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.7 - Retirement  723,386,456      159,686       101,177
 and Election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson

                                            99.98%        0.02%
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Ordinary Resolution 4.1 - Re-         743,312,367    6,425,935     4,237,518
 Appointment of Deloitte Touch
 Tohmatsu as the Company's Auditors

                                            99.14%        0.86%
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Ordinary Resolution 4.2 - Auditor's   745,841,843    6,552,110     1,581,867
 Remuneration

                                            99.13%        0.87%
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Ordinary Resolution 5.0 - Approval of 753,368,364      343,100       264,352
 the Use of Electronic Communications

                                            99.95%        0.05%
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Ordinary Resolution 6.0 - To          736,274,615   11,175,101     6,526,105
 authorise the Directors to allot
 relevant securities

                                            98.50%        1.50%
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Special Resolution 7.0 -              713,745,509    9,817,989        78,821
 Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights

                                            98.64%        1.36%
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Special Resolution 8.0 - Market       741,146,497   12,720,853       105,871
 Purchase of Ordinary Shares

                                            98.31%        1.69%
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(i) A "Vote Withheld" is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 1,101,397,381. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services PLC.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.

Contacts:

Centamin plc
www.centamin.com