TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Centamin PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Van Eck Associates Corporation

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):

VanEck Vectors Africa ETF VanEck Vectors Egypt ETF VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF

VanEck Vectors Gold Miners UCITS ETF

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached:

16 September 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19 September 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

15% and 10%

  8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number

of Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

JE00B5TT1872

184,024,328

184,024,328

66,233,042

66,233,042

5.75%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration

date

Exercise/

Conversion Period

Number of voting

rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting

rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise

price

Expiration

date

Exercise/

Conversion period

Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

66,233,042

5.75%

  Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Glass Lewis & Co.

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Van Eck Associates Corporation 13F File Number: 028-02783

14. Contact name:

Andrew Tilzer

15. Contact telephone number:

+1 (813) 964-3645