Oxus Gold Plc Regulatory News (OXS)

Oxus Gold plc

("Oxus Gold" or the "Company")

Director's Dealings, Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Oxus Gold announces that on 27 July 2012, 140,911 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company were issued and allotted to certain directors, employees and advisers in lieu of certain fees. The shares due to directors and employees were issued at the average mid-market closing price for the period for which the fees were due, calculated quarterly. Where the issue relates to fees due to advisers, these were issued at the mid-market closing price on 29 June 2012.

The new ordinary shares rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.

Following this issue of new ordinary shares, the Company's issued share capital now consists of 419,722,329 ordinary shares of 1p each, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 419,722,329.

The above figure of 419,722,329 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Application has been made for admission of the newly issued shares to trading on AIM which is expected to occur on or around 2 August 2012.

The following shares, included in the total of 140,911 above, have been issued to Oliver Prior, Non-Executive Director of the Company, at the average mid-market price for the quarter period ending 30 June 2012:

Following this allotment described above, Mr. Prior is now interested in a total of 987,036 ordinary shares in the Company which represents 0.24% of the issued share capital of the Company.

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