Director/PDMR Shareholding

Avocet Mining PLC ('Avocet' or 'The Company')

Share sale by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR')

The Company announces that on 11 August 2011 Richard Gray, a PDMR, sold 25,000 Avocet Mining PLC shares for an average price of 235 pence per share. Following this transaction he holds 521,109 shares, representing 0.26% of the voting rights of the Company.

Contacts:

Jim Wynn, Company Secretary, Avocet Mining PLC +44 20 7766 7684

Samantha Harrison / Jen Boorer Ambrian Partners Limited, +44 20 7634 4700