Holding in Company correction

6 Jul 2006 07:00

Oxus Gold PLC06 July 2006 For immediate release: 06 July 2006 Oxus Gold plc Correction - Holdings in Company London: 6 July 2006 - Oxus Gold plc ("Oxus" or "the Company") wishes toadvise the following corrections to the announcements released on 25 May 2006and 29 June 2006 respectively. 1. The resultant holding for Douglas Sutherland is 179,379 rather than 179,925. The corrected version of the 25 May 2006 release is below: Application has been made for 12,226 new ordinary shares of 1p each in theCompany to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of London Stock Exchangeplc. The shares were allotted to certain non-executive directors of the Companyon 19 May 2006 as consideration for quarterly fees for the period January toMarch 2006. Further details are set out in the table below: Director Shares Issue Resultant Resultant issued price* Holding % Oliver Prior 5,240 71.57p 75,633 0.03%Douglas Sutherland 6,986 71.57p 179,379 0.06% * The shares were issued at the average mid-market price for the period Januaryto March 2006. The new shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares and dealingsare expected to commence in the new ordinary shares at 8 am on 1 June 2006. Following the allotment of the above new ordinary shares, the Company's issuedshare capital is 298,120,198 ordinary shares of 1p each. 2. The resultant share holding of Darryl Norton is 4,023,333 ordinary sharesrather than 4,139,999. The corrected version of the 29 June 2006 release is below: The Company received notification on 29 June 2006 that, Darryl Norton, a director of the Company, was informed on 22 June 2006 that as a result of the Marakand Minerals reorganisation is interested in 4,023,333 Oxus ordinary shares of 1 pence each, representing approximately 1.35 per cent of the Company's issued share capital. Ends For further information, please contact Oxus Gold plcRichard Wilkins, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)207 907 2000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange