Shearwater Regulatory News (SWG)

16 Aug 2007 07:00

Aurum Mining PLC16 August 2007 For immediate release 16 August 2007 AURUM MINING PLC ("Aurum" or "the Company") Company Website Aurum Mining plc (AIM: AUR), the gold-mining company focussed on the FormerSoviet Union (FSU), announces that its website, which contains the informationrequired to be disclosed pursuant to AIM Rule 26, may be found at:www.aurummining.net. For further information: Aurum Mining plc Tel: 020 7478 9050Mark Jones, Chief Executive OfficerChris Eadie, Chief Financial Officer Arbuthnot Securities Tel: 020 7012 2000John PriorJohn Toll Buchanan Communications Tel: 020 7466 5000Mark Court / Rebecca Skye Dietrich Notes to editors Aurum Mining, which joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May2004, is a mining company focussed on gold opportunities in the Former SovietUnion. Its principal asset is an exploration licence over the Andash gold andcopper project in the Kyrgyz Republic. A mining licence for Andash Zone 1 wasawarded by the Kyrgyz authorities in 2006. The bankable feasibility studycompiled by Wardell Armstrong International, also in 2006, confirmed a measuredand indicated resource base of 19.2 million tonnes at 1.1 grams per tonne ofgold and 0.4% copper, which equates to 1.1 million ozs of gold and goldequivalent. Initial production at Andash Zone 1 is expected in 2008. The Andashproject also includes Zone 2 and Zone 3 along with Tokhtonysay, Nakhodka andthree other additional exploration areas. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange