Issue of Equity

11 Dec 2007 14:13

Oxus Gold PLC11 December 2007 Oxus Gold plc ("Oxus" or "the Company") Exercise of options London: 11 December 2007 - Oxus Gold Plc (OXS.L) announces that, following anexercise of employee options to acquire ordinary shares in the Company at 22.5pper share, the Company has issued 33,333 new shares. Application has been made for the new shares to be admitted to trading on theAIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and dealings in the shares are expectedto commence on 17 December 2007. The new shares will rank pari passu withexisting ordinary shares. Following the allotment of the above new ordinary shares, the Company's issuedshare capital is 365,432,506 ordinary shares of 1p each. For further information, please contact: Oxus Gold plcRichard Wilkins Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 2000 Canaccord Adams Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7050 6500Erin Needra/Mike Jones Bankside Consultants Ltd.Keith Irons/Oliver Winters Tel: +44 (0) 20 7367 8873 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange