PLZL.L Regulatory News (PLZL)

OJSC Polyus Gold (RTS, MICEX and LSE - PLZL), Russia's leading gold producer, today announced the decisions taken at the Meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 3, 2010

Mikhail Prokhorov was elected Chairman of the Board.

Alexander Mosionzhik - Deputy Chairman of the Board.

The Board also elected the members of the Board's committees:

Audit Committee - Lord Gillford (Chairman), Anna Kolonchina, Ekaterina Salnikova. Strategy Committee - Mikhail Prokhorov (Chairman), Evgeny Ivanov, Alexander Mosionzhik. Staff and Remuneration Committee - Zumrud Rustamova (Chairman), Pavel Grachev, Ekaterina Salnikova.

OJSC Polyus Gold is an international company, Russia's leading gold producer and one of the world's largest gold mining companies in terms of market capitalization, mineral reserves base and output. The Company's international asset portfolio includes ore and alluvial deposits in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Irkutsk, Magadan and Amur Regions, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), as well as in the Republic of Kazakhstan and Romania. Gold production of OJSC Polyus Gold totaled 1,3 k oz in 2009.

For further information please contact: Anton A. Arens, PR Director +7 (495) 641-3365 +7 (495) 544-5496pr@polyusgold.com 

Alexey V. Chernushkin, Director, CM and IR Evguenia V.Buydina, IR manager +7 (495) 641-3377 +7 (495) 785-4031 ir@polyusgold.com