Notice of Preliminary Results

Avocet Mining PLC - Notice of Preliminary Results

Avocet Mining PLC will be reporting its Preliminary 2012 results on Thursday 7 March 2013. A presentation for analysts will take place at 9.00 am GMT at The Andaz Hotel, Bishopsgate Room, 40 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7QN.

Participation by way of conference call will be possible. Participant dial-in numbers are as follows:

UK: 08006940257

Norway: 21563013

Alternative number: +44 (0) 1452 555566

Conference ID# 12227626

A recording of the conference call will also be made available on the Avocet website later on the same day.

The presentation will be available to download from 8.00am GMT at www.avocetmining.com/finresults.html.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Avocet Mining is a gold mining and exploration company listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: AVM.L) and the Oslo Børs (ticker: AVM.OL). The Company's principal activities are gold mining and exploration in West Africa. 

In Burkina Faso the Company owns 90% of the Inata Gold Mine. The Inata Gold Mine poured its first gold in December 2009 and produced 135,189 ounces of gold in 2012.

Other assets in Burkina Faso include eight exploration permits surrounding the Inata Gold Mine in the broader Bélahouro region. The most advanced of these projects are Souma, some 20 kilometres from the Inata Gold Mine, and Filio, adjacent to the mine licence area, where Mineral Resources of 0.56 million ounces and 0.14 million ounces respectively exist.

In Guinea, Avocet owns twelve exploration licences in the north east of the country. Mineral Resource development has been ongoing since 2005 and the project at Tri-K is the most advanced. Within the Tri-K project, Koulékoun has a Mineral Resource of 2.15 million ounces and Kodiéran of 0.87 million ounces.