6 Oct 2009 14:33

Oxus Gold plc ('Oxus' or 'the Company')
Directors Shareholdings and Additional Listing
London: 5 October 2009 - Oxus Gold Plc ("Oxus"or the "Company") (OXS.L) announces that application has been made for 1,431,860 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. Further to the announcement on 8 December 2008, the shares were allotted to directors and senior management of the Company on 5 October 2009 at a price of 8.246p per share in lieu of fees and salaries for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009.Â
Included in this amount are shares allotted to directors as follows:
| Director | Shares Issued | Resultant Holding | Resultant % |
| Richard Wilkins | 69,577 | 4,764,441 | 1.23 |
| John Donald | 255,493 | 1,021,345 | 0.26 |
| Richard Shead | 303,166 | 1,390,485 | 0.36 |
| Oliver Prior | 25,042 | 177,733 | 0.05 |
| Miradil Djalalov | 42,443 | 120,526 | 0.03 |
| Jim McBurney | 23,568 | 54,746 | 0.01 |
The shares were issued at the average mid-market price for the period 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009.
The new shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares and dealings are expected to commence in the new ordinary shares on 12 October 2009.
Following the allotment of the above new ordinary shares, the Company's issued share capital will be 386,062,860 ordinary shares of 1p each.Â
For further information, please contact:
| Oxus Gold plc Richard Wilkins (FD) | Tel: +44 (0) 207 907 2000 |
| Fairfax I.S. PLC Ewan Leggat | Tel: +44 (0) 207 598 5368 |
| Conduit PR Ltd Ed Portman | Tel: +44 (0) 207 429 6606 |
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