Total Voting Rights

Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company")

Total Voting Rights

In conformity with the Transparency Directive, the Company notifies the market of the following:

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 195,231,253 ordinary shares of 5 pence each ('Ordinary Shares'). The Company no longer holds any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 195,231,253.

The above figure of 195,231,253 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts:

Jim Wynn, Company Secretary, Avocet Mining PLC, 020 7766 7684

Richard Brown, Richard Greenfield, Ambrian Partners Limited, 020 7634 4700