NWR Share Issuance

Amsterdam, 10 September 2012

NWR issues A shares to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

New World Resources Plc ('NWR' or 'the Company') has today issued a total of 267,019 A shares to Mr. Miklos Salamon, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, as part of his remuneration, as described in the Annual Report and Accounts 2011. The Company has applied for these A shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and for admission to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, the Prague Stock Exchange and the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. 

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About NWR:

New World Resources Plc is one of Central Europe's leading hard coal and coke producers. NWR produces quality coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic. NWR's coke subsidiary OKK, is Europe's largest producer of foundry coke. NWR currently has several development projects in Poland and the Czech Republic, which form part of NWR's regional growth strategy. NWR is a FTSE 250 company, with listings in London, Prague and Warsaw.