Half-Year Report distribution

10 September 2010

Half-Year Report for the period ended 30 June 2010

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.1 and 9.6.3, the Company announces that it has today posted to shareholders the Half-Year Report for the period ended 30 June 2010.

A copy of the report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:

www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

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For further information:

Petropavlovsk PLC

Alya Samokhvalova, Group Head of External Communications Tel: +44 (0) 20 7201 8900

Rachel Tuft, Investor Relations Officer