Mr Sean Daley

7 Jul 2006 15:18

Oxus Gold PLC07 July 2006 Oxus Gold plc ("Oxus" or "the Company") Mr Sean Daley LONDON: 7 July 2006 - Oxus Gold plc ("Oxus" or "the Company") is greatly shockedand saddened to learn of the shooting of Mr Sean Daley in Bishkek in the earlyhours of this morning. Mr Daley is a long-term resident of Kyrgyzstan and since April 2006 has beenleading the negotiations with the Kyrgyz Government on behalf of Oxus withregard to the Jerooy Gold Project. The Company believes that this incident will not affect these negotiations orthe operations of the Company and is still confident of a successful resolution. Ends: This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange