Placing to raise £550,000

5 July 2013 KEFI Minerals Plc. ("KEFI Minerals" or the "Company") Placing to raise £550,000 KEFI Minerals Plc, an AIM-quoted gold and copper exploration company withprojects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce that it hasconditionally raised £550,000 by way of a placing of 26,190,476 ordinary shares(the "Placing Shares") at a price of 2.1p per ordinary share (the "Placing"). Use of proceeds The funds raised in the Placing will be used to complete the pre-feasibilitystudy on Jibal Qutman which KEFI has already started. The Company's jointventure company, Gold & Minerals Co. LLC, aims to complete the pre-feasibilitystudy and lodge an application for its first Mining Licence by early Q1 2014. Jeff Rayner, the Managing Director of KEFI Minerals, said: "I am very pleased that, despite the difficult market conditions, we have beenable to raise the funding required to allow us to continue to accelerate ourpre-feasibility study in line with our planned timetable. KEFI Minerals is nowfully funded for the previously announced work programme and feasibility studyat Jibal Qutman." Related Party Transaction EMED Mining Public Limited ("EMED") has subscribed for 2,380,952 Placing Sharesin the Placing. As EMED holds over 10% of the Company's current issued ordinaryshare capital, this transaction is a "related party" transaction pursuant tothe AIM Rules for Companies. The directors of KEFI Minerals (except HarryAnagnostaras-Adams and John Leach who are directors of EMED Mining) consider,having consulted with its Nominated Adviser Fox-Davies Capital Limited, thatthe terms of the proposed transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as itsshareholders are concerned. Warrants In connection with the Placing the Company has granted, conditional onAdmission, warrants to Fox-Davies Capital Limited to subscribe for up to1,309,523 ordinary shares in the Company at 2.1p per share, representing fiveper cent of the total number of Placing Shares. Such warrants will beexercisable for five years following admission of the Placing Shares. Admission and DTR Completion of the Placing is conditional on the Placing Shares being admittedto trading on AIM ("Admission"). Application has been made to the London StockExchange plc for Admission which is expected to become effective on 10 July2013. Following Admission, KEFI Minerals will have 497,536,832 ordinary shares inissue and this is the figure which should be used as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Disclosureand Transparency Rules. --ENDS-- For further information please contact: KEFI Minerals plc. +90 533 928 19 13Jeffrey Rayner Fox-Davies Capital +44 20 3463 5028Susan Walker Bishopsgate Communications +44 207 562 3366Nick Rome