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9 September 2011

Allied Gold Mining PLC

("Allied Gold" or the "Company")

Allied Gold, a UK domiciled gold company with producing assets in the Pacific Rim, is pleased to announce that on 8 September 2011, the FTSE Group ("FTSE") approved the inclusion of the Company in the FTSE All-Share and FTSE Small Cap Indices. The Company's inclusion into the FTSE Index Series will be applied after the close of business on Friday 16 September 2011 and will be effective on Monday 19 September 2011.

With 199,761,267 Ordinary Shares in issue, Allied Gold had a market capitalisation of approximately £348m (US$557m) at the close of business in the UK on 8 September 2011.

In addition on 9 September 2011in Australia, the S&P Indices announced that Allied Gold would also be included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index effective after the close of trading on 16 September 2011.

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