Total Voting Rights

In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (“the Rules”), the Company notifies the market of the following:

At the date of this announcement, the issued capital of the Company comprises 458,379,033 ordinary shares.

The Company currently holds 11,701,830 ordinary shares in treasury and the issued share capital of the Company which carries voting rights of one vote per share comprises 446,677,203 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares).

The above figure of 446,677,203 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, the Company under the Rules.

For further information, please contact:

Susanna Freeman

Company Secretary

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7901 7826

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Q1 Production Report 2016 and IMS

KAZ MINERALS GROUP Production Report for THE FIRST QUARTER Ended 31 MARCH 2016 AND INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

  • Projects ramping up on schedule, production on track to achieve 2016 guidance
  • Q1 2016 copper cathode equivalent1 production of 21.5 kt
  • Bozshakol
    • Production at Bozshakol commenced in late February, 1.1 kt of copper in concentrate output in the quarter
    • No major issues encountered and all the main sections of the plant are now in operation
    • Throughput volume increasing as expected in April
    • Trial sales shipment completed in March, two shipments dispatched in April
    • Production guidance maintained at 45-65 kt of copper cathode equivalent1 and 50-70 koz of gold bar equivalent1
  • Aktogay oxide
    • 5 kt of copper cathode produced at Aktogay as the SX/EW facility ramps up
    • Output of 35 tonnes per day achieved on average to date in April, will ramp up further to achieve output of 15 kt in 2016
  • East Region and Bozymchak
    • Copper cathode equivalent1 output of 19.7 kt, on course to achieve full year guidance of 70-75 kt
    • Bozymchak operated at design capacity following optimisation works in Q4 2015
    • Zinc in concentrate production of 19.9 kt and silver granule equivalent1 of 749 koz
    • Gold bar equivalent1 quarterly output doubled to 12.7 koz
  • Financial update
    • Copper cathode sales of 23 kt
    • Net debt of $2,425 million at 31 March 2016, $1,205 million of funds and available facilities
  1. The Group’s finished goods “equivalent” production includes both finished metals produced and the finished metal equivalent of concentrate sold in the period.

Oleg Novachuk, Chief Executive, said: “In the first quarter of 2016 the Bozshakol sulphide concentrator commenced operation and the ramp up of the new facility is proceeding in line with expectations. To date, we have dispatched three shipments of copper concentrate from Bozshakol to our customers in China. At Aktogay, the commissioning of our oxide operations is also on schedule and our mines in the East Region and Bozymchak have delivered a strong start to 2016. We expect to achieve our full year copper production target of 130-155 kt, delivering industry leading production growth at highly competitive cash costs.”

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Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons

Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons

Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons