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This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any transferable securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus published by Polymetal International plc in connection with the admission of its ordinary shares to the premium segment of the Official List of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities (the "London Stock Exchange").

POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC

DOCUMENT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION: PROSPECTUS

31 OCTOBER 2011

The following prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing:

The prospectus published by Polymetal International plc (the "Company") dated 28 October 2011 relating to the offer of 53,350,000 ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") at a offer price of 920 pence per Share and admission of the Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities (the "Prospectus").

A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will become available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

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Neither this announcement, the publication in which it is contained nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America (including its territories or possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia) ("the United States"). Neither this announcement, the publication in which it is contained nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or the Russian Federation or to any persons in any of those jurisdictions or any other excluded territories. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of United States, Australian, Canadian, Russian or Japanese securities law. The distribution of this document in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any shares in the Company or any other securities nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract therefore. The distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Prospectus and the listing of the Company in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

In particular, this announcement does not constitute an offer for sale of, or a solicitation to purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. No securities of the Company have been, or will be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and securities of the Company may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. No securities of the Company have been, or will be, registered under the securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan or Hong Kong. Subject to certain exceptions, no securities of the Company may be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, Japan or Hong Kong or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, Japan or Hong Kong. The Company does not intend to conduct a public offer of the Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, or Japan or Hong Kong.

This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in the Russian Federation except as permitted by Russian law. This announcement and information contained herein do not contain or constitute an offer, or an invitation to make offers, sell, purchase, exchange or transfer any securities in the Russian Federation or to or for the benefit of any Russian person or any person in the Russian Federation, and do not constitute an advertisement of any securities in the Russian Federation and must not be passed on to third parties or otherwise be made publicly available in the Russian Federation. It and information contained in it are not intended to be and must not be publicly distributed in the Russian Federation. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be admitted to "placement" and/or "public circulation" in the Russian Federation and may not be offered to any person in the Russian Federation except as permitted by Russian law.

The contents of this announcement, which have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of the Company, have been approved solely for the purposes of section 21(2)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) by HSBC Bank plc and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc.