11 June 2010

Petropavlovsk PLC

Application for Listing / Total Voting Rights

Petropavlovsk PLC ("the Company") announces that application has been made for the admission of 25,000 Ordinary Shares to listing on the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission") and dealings in these Ordinary Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m.

on 16 June 2010.  The allotment of these Ordinary Shares follows the exercise of share options.

Following this issue the total issued share capital of the Company will comprise 187,860,093 Ordinary Shares with a nominal value of £0.01 each, each Ordinary Share conveying the right to one vote.

Petropavlovsk PLC does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

 Therefore, after Admission the total number of voting rights in Petropavlovsk PLC will be 187,860,093.

The above figure of 187,860,093 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Petropavlovsk PLC under the Financial Services Authoritys Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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