Oxus Gold Plc Regulatory News (OXS)

17 Oct 2006 17:12

Oxus Gold PLC17 October 2006 For immediate release: 17 October 2006 Oxus Gold plc Directors' Shareholdings and Additional Listing Oxus Gold plc ("Oxus" or "the Company") announces application has been made for25,956 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company to be admitted to tradingon the AIM Market of London Stock Exchange plc. The shares were allotted tocertain non-executive directors of the Company on 17 October 2006 asconsideration for quarterly fees for the period April to June 2006. Furtherdetails are set out in the table below: Director Shares Issue Resultant Resultant issued price* Holding % Oliver Prior 11,124 33.71p 92,149 0.03%Douglas Sutherland 14,832 33.71p 201,401 0.07% * The shares were issued at the average mid-market price for the period April toJune 2006. The new shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares and dealingsare expected to commence in the new ordinary shares at 8 am on 23 October 2006. Following the allotment of the above new ordinary shares, the Company's issuedshare capital is 298,158,736 ordinary shares of 1p each. Further enquiries: Richard WilkinsOxus Gold plcTel: +44 (0)20 7907 2000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange