Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Petropavlovsk PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

YES

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

August 28, 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

August 29, 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

9%

  8. Notified details:

  A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of

Shares

Number of

Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0031544546

15,418,057

15,418,057

18,000,000

18,000,000

9.11%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be

acquired if the instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion

period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

18,000,000

9.11%

  Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund c/o The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Attn: Nick Gould

15. Contact telephone number:

(610) 669-8989