Oxus Gold plc : - Director Dealing, Issue of Equity and TVR

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Oxus Gold plc

("Oxus Gold" or the "Company")

Director's Dealings, Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Oxus Gold announces that on 11 January 2013, a total of 260,110 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company were issued and allotted to Oliver Prior, Non-Executive Director of the Company, in relation to his remuneration for the period from 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2012 and to SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP ("SP Angel"), the Company's Nomad and Broker, in lieu of certain fees due to them for the period from 29 October 2012 to 31 December 2012.

The new ordinary shares rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

Application has been made for admission of the new ordinary shares to trading on AIM which is expected to occur on or around 17 January 2013.

79,808 new ordinary shares were issued to Mr Prior at the average mid-market closing price of the Company's ordinary shares for the three months ended 30 September 2012, being 2.63p. 84,224 new ordinary shares were issued to Mr Prior at the average mid-market closing price of the Company's ordinary shares for the three months ended 31 December 2012, being 2.49p. Following the issue of new ordinary shares, as described above, Mr. Prior is now interested in a total of 1,151,068 ordinary shares in the Company which represents 0.26% of the issued share capital of the Company.

96,078 new ordinary shares were issued to SP Angel at the mid-market closing price on 26 October 2012, being 2.19p.

Total Voting Rights

Following this issue of new ordinary shares, the Company's issued share capital now consists of 442,149,105 ordinary shares of 1p each, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 442,149,105.

The above figure of 442,149,105 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contact details:

Oxus Gold Plc Richard Shead, Chairman	Tel: [phone]
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP Ewan Leggat/Laura Littley	Tel: [phone]

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