Director Shareholding

31 October 2013

CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

("CAML" or the "Company")

Director Shareholding

Central Asia Metals plc (AIM:CAML), was notified on 30 October 2013, that Howard Nicholson, Technical Director of the Company, disposed of his interest in 158,173 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), jointly owned with the Company's Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT"), on 30 October 2013 at a price of 160 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transaction, Mr Nicholson has an interest in a total of 446,715 Ordinary Shares jointly owned with the EBT, representing approximately 0.5 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

Central Asia Metals plc Tony Hunter +44 (0) 207 603 1515

Company Secretary

Canaccord Genuity Limited Neil Elliot +44 (0)20 7253 8500Christopher Fincken

Mirabaud Securities LLP Peter Krens +44 (0)20 7878 3362

Bell Pottinger Charles Vivian +44 (0)20 7861 3232James MacFarlane