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Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company")

Posting of annual report to shareholders

Avocet Mining PLC announces that the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2010 has been posted to shareholders, together with the notice of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders to be held at 3pm on 5 May 2011 at the offices of Buchanan Communications, 45 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AE, and associated explanatory notes relating to the proposed resolutions at that meeting. These documents are now available on the Company's website - www.avocet.co.uk

Contacts:

Jim Wynn, Company Secretary, Avocet Mining PLC, 020 7766 7676

Samantha Harrison, Jen Boorer, Ambrian Partners Limited, 020 7634 4700

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