Issue of Equity & TVR

Oxus Gold plc

("Oxus Gold" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Oxus Gold announces that on 10 April 2013, a total of 91,240 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company were issued and allotted to SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP ("SP Angel"), the Company's Nomad and Broker, in lieu of certain fees due to them for the period from 1 April 2013 to 30 June 2013. The new ordinary shares were issued to SP Angel at the mid-market closing price on 28 March 2013, being 2.740p.

The new ordinary shares rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

Application has been made for admission of the new ordinary shares to trading on AIM which is expected to occur on or around 16 April 2013.

Total Voting Rights

Following this issue of new ordinary shares, the Company's issued share capital now consists of 446,408,953 ordinary shares of 1p each, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 446,408,953.

The above figure of 446,408,953 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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