Publication of Prospectus

06 December 2011

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

Further to the announcement on 6 December 2011 regarding the proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India Limited ("Cairn India") (the "Transaction"), the Board of Vedanta Resources plc today announces that the prospectus (the "Prospectus") regarding the Transaction and the readmission of the existing ordinary shares in Vedanta Resources plc to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA") and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, in accordance with the requirements for reverse takeovers, which are applicable to the Transaction under the Listing Rules, has been approved by the UKLA. The Prospectus is available for inspection on Vedanta Resources' website (www.vedantaresources.com).

A copy of the Prospectus has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

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About Vedanta Resources plc

Vedanta Resources plc ("Vedanta") is a London listed FTSE 100 diversified metals and mining major. The group produces aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, silver, iron ore and commercial energy. Vedanta has operations in India, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Ireland and Australia and a strong organic growth pipeline of projects. With an empowered talent pool of 31,000 employees globally, Vedanta places strong emphasis on partnering with all its stakeholders based on the core values of entrepreneurship, excellence, trust, inclusiveness and growth. For more information, please visit:

www.vedantaresources.com.

Disclaimer

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" - that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "should" or "will." Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.