5 November 2012
                                                                                                   IM00B61FM981
                                   Central Asian Minerals and Resources PLC
                                          ("CAMAR" or the "Company")
                                                       
                                              Director's Interest

Central Asian Minerals and Resources PLC (PLUS: CMRP), the gold production and exploration company focused  on
Tajikistan, has been notified that Grosmont Investments Limited ("Grosmont") has acquired ordinary shares of no
par value in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows:

                DATE                     ORDINARY SHARES ACQUIRED              PRICE PER SHARE
             31:10:2012                         5,000                                 55
             01:11:2012                         1,000                                 55
             02:11:2012                         2,500                                 58
             05:11:2012                         1,500                                 58

Grosmont Investments Limited is a company of which Oliver Vaughan, CAMAR's Chairman, is a director and which is
controlled by Mr. Vaughan.

Following  these  transactions,  Mr.  Vaughan  is interested  in  5,095,482  Ordinary  Shares  in  the  Company
representing 30.50 per cent of the Ordinary Shares in issue.

The Directors of CAMAR are responsible for the contents of this announcement.

Enquiries

Central Asian Minerals and Resources PLC                                          01624 679 000
Oliver Vaughan/R. David Russell/Maria Christine Melian

St Helens Capital Partners LLP                                                    020 7368 6959
Mark Anwyl/Duncan Vasey

Threadneedle Communications                                                       020 7653 9850
Graham Herring/Richard Gotla