Application for the Admission of Ordinary Shares

For immediate release 6 January 2011

Metminco Limited ("Metminco" or the "Company")

Application for the Admission of Ordinary Shares

The Company announces that application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for 164,024 ordinary shares ("New Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM, pursuant to settlement of interest payable for the December 2010 quarter on a Convertible Note Facility of $US 0.5 million. It is anticipated that admission of the New Ordinary Shares will become effective and dealings will commence on or around 12 January 2010.

The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu, in all respects, with the existing ordinary shares that are currently in issue and are traded on AIM and the ASX. In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of voting rights in Metminco will be 1,231,107,839. The above figure 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, Metminco under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For enquiries:

Metminco Limited Ph: + 61(0) 408 609 916

Philip Killen - Company Secretary & CFO

Investec Bank plc Ph: +44 (0)20 7597 5104

(Nominated Adviser)

Stephen Cooper