Notice of 2017 Annual Report and AGM

Press Release 28 April 2018

PJSC Polyus

Notice of 2017 Annual Report and AGM

Annual Report for 2017

PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX - PLZL) ("Polyus", or the "Company") has published its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2017.

The Annual Report is available on Polyus' official website at http://polyus.com/upload/iblock/222/polyus_annual_report_2017_en.pdf 

The Annual Report includes the Company's Strategic Report, Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance Report, consolidated Financial Statements, and Additional Information related to its performance in 2017.

The Annual Report also includes the Company's Report on Payments to Governments, published in line with Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

AGM

The Board of Directors of Polyus has resolved to convene the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of PJSC Polyus ("AGM")

Date: 31 May 2018

Venue: 55 Leningradskiy Avenue, Cinema and Concert hall of the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Time: The AGM will start at 4:00 pm (Moscow time). Registration of shareholders and their representatives will start at 2:00 pm (Moscow time)

Record date (the date of drawing up the list of persons entitled to participate in the AGM): 7 May 2018.

The AGM will conduct the business as stated in the AGM notice, a copy of which can be found on Polyus' official website at http://www.polyus.com/en/company/corporate_governance/general-meeting/ 

Polyus

Polyus is the largest gold producer in Russia and one of the top 10 gold miners globally with the lowest cost position. Based on its 2017 Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources, the Polyus group ranks second by attributable gold reserves and gold resources among the world's largest gold mining companies.

The Polyus group's principal operations are located in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

Enquiries

Investor contact

Victor Drozdov, Director Investor Relations

+7 (495) 641 33 77

[email protected] 

Media contact

Victoria Vasilyeva, Director Public Relations

+7 (495) 641 33 77

[email protected] 

Forward-looking statements

This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning Polyus and/or Polyus Group. Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "could", "would", "can", "continue", "opportunity", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future capital expenditures and business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of Polyus' and/or Polyus Group's operations. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond Polyus' and/or Polyus Group's ability to control or estimate precisely and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on such statements which speak only as of the date of this announcement. Polyus and/or any Polyus Company assumes no obligation in respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.