Result of General Meeting

28 May 2013

Avocet Mining PLC

Result of General Meeting

Avocet Mining PLC (the 'Company') announces that at the General Meeting of the Company held on 28 May 2013, the ordinary resolution proposed in the notice of meeting set out in the circular dated 2 May 2013 ("the Circular") was passed without amendment on a show of hands.

Two copies of the ordinary resolution passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:

www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Copies may also be obtained from the Company Secretary, Avocet Mining PLC, 3rd Floor, 30 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4EX, or the Company's website at www.avocetmining.com

This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.3 following notification under Listing Rule 9.6.2.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Avocet Mining PLC 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 deposit at Inata currently comprises a Mineral Resource of 4.7 million ounces and an Ore Reserve of 0.9 million ounces. 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 is Souma, some 20 kilometres from the Inata Gold Mine, where there is a Mineral Resources estimate of 0.8 million ounces.

In Guinea, Avocet owns exploration licences in the north east of the country. Mineral Resource development has been ongoing since 2005 and the Tri-K project is the most advanced, which currently has a Mineral Resource estimate of 3.2 million ounces and where a feasibility study is underway.