Centamin plc Notice of Annual General Meeting

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 4, 2012) - Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX:CEE)(LSE:CEY) announces the publication of its Notice of Annual General Meeting, including a management information circular, and advises that the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the 2011 Annual Report and Accounts have been mailed to the registered shareholders of the Company.

Registered shareholders have also been sent a Form of Proxy for the Annual General Meeting.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the Notice of Annual General Meeting and 2011 Annual Report and Accounts and a sample Form of Proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. The Notice of Annual General Meeting and 2011 Annual Report and Accounts are also available on the Company's website at http://www.centamin.com/.

The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Bishopsgate & Chancery Rooms at the Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, UK on Wednesday 30 May 2012 commencing at 11.00am (UK time).