Oxus Gold Plc Regulatory News (OXS)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Oxus Gold plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Notification of financial instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments held as at 01/06/2009

X 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

RAB Capital plc acting as discretionary manager of RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 01/06/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 01/06/2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 27, 28, 29%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

 104,619,858

 104,619,858

 n/a

 n/a

 104,619,858

n/a 

 27.27%

 GB0030632714

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Convertible Loan (USD$6,000,000)

USD$ 0.703

 06/05/2010

 n/a

 8,534,851

Nominal

Delta

 2.22%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 113,154,709

29.49%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

RAB Capital plc acts as investment manager for RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Limited. RAB Capital plc does not act as custodian for its clients and therefore the shares are held in the nominee name of the custodian of its clients, which is Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 n/a

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 n/a

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 n/a

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

 Legal Team

15. Contact telephone number:

 020 7389 7000