Application for a Secondary Listing on MoEx

19 June 2020

Petropavlovsk PLC

Application for a Secondary Listing on the Moscow Exchange

Petropavlovsk PLC ("Petropavlovsk" or the "Company"), announces that a formal application has been submitted to list the Company's ordinary shares (ISIN: GB0031544546) on the Moscow Exchange ("MoEx"), with inclusion of the shares as part of the Level 1 List.

The proposed secondary listing is complementary to Petropavlovsk's primary listing on the London Stock Exchange where the Company's ordinary shares will continue to be admitted to trading.

By undertaking a secondary listing on MoEx, the Company expects to benefit from investor base diversification and participation, with access to an enlarged investor pool of Russia based investors not currently present and, in some cases, unable to purchase shares in London. The Company believes the secondary listing will also result in improved liquidity, enhanced trading volumes and increased brand visibility. In addition, the Company may be eligible for inclusion as part of the MoEx Russia Index / RTS Index, subject to criteria being met at the next applicable assessment date in September 2020.

Subject to approval of listing documents, admission to and the commencement of trading of the Company's ordinary shares on MoEx is expected to take place by the end of June 2020. A further announcement will be made by the Company following approval of the secondary listing.

The Company will not be placing or issuing any new shares in connection with its application for a secondary listing and no action is required by the Company's existing shareholders. Those ordinary shares of the Company which are to be traded on MoEx will be deposited into a designated Clearstream account with Euroclear UK & Ireland, in favour of the National Settlement Depositary ("NSD"), which has an account with Clearstream. Thereafter, authorised market participants will be able to access the shares at the NSD (part of the MoEx Group), in order to fulfil investor demand, with quotation and settlement in local currency, the Russian Rouble.

MoEx is Russia's largest exchange, hosting trading in equities, bonds, derivatives, FX, money markets and commodities. The MoEx Group also operates Russia's central securities depository, the NSD, acting as the country's largest clearing service provider.

Renaissance Capital is advising the Company in connection with the secondary listing.

Commenting on the intention to list Petropavlovsk on MoEx, Pavel Maslovskiy, CEO, said:

"I am pleased to confirm our intention to list Petropavlovsk on MoEx, a leading exchange and the main liquidity and price discovery point for a wide range of tradeable Russian instruments. A secondary listing in Moscow, in addition to our primary London listing, will allow a broader spectrum of investors to actively participate in the growth prospects of Petropavlovsk. Access to a new pool of institutional investors and to more than five million private investors registered with MoEx alone, will help to diversify and grow our investor base. The Company expects it will also be eligible for inclusion as part of the flagship MoEx Russia Index / RTS Index, later in the year. In turn, this will provide additional liquidity to the stock, higher visibility and trading volumes, while simultaneously increasing the appeal of the Company in Russia, home to all of our operational assets, since 1994."

About Petropavlovsk PLC

Petropavlovsk PLC (LSE: POG) is a major integrated Russian gold producer with JORC Resources of 21.03Moz Au which include Reserves of 8.46Moz Au. Following its IPO on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2002, Petropavlovsk was promoted to the London Stock Exchange in 2009, where today it is a Premium Listed company and a constituent of the FTSE 250, FTSE 350 and FTSE All Share indices.

The Company's key operating mines (Pioneer, Malomir and Albyn) are in the Amur Region in the Russian Far East. Petropavlovsk has produced a total of c.7.8Moz of gold since operations began in 1994 and has a strong track record of mine development, expansion and asset optimisation.

The Group recently entered a new era of growth following the successful commissioning and start-up of its flagship asset, the Pressure Oxidation (POX) Hub at Pokrovskiy, which enables the processing of the Company's abundant refractory reserves and resources.

Petropavlovsk is one of the region's largest employers and one of the largest contributors to the sustainable development of the local economy.

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