Update

Centamin Egypt Limited ("Centamin" or "the Company")

(LSE: CEY, TSX: CEE)

For immediate release 18 February 2011

UPDATE

Centamin Egypt notes the press speculation with regard to operations at its Sukari mine. Centamin

can report that there has been minimal reaction at Sukari to the wider political changes in Egypt. The

company is aware of its obligations to update the market of any activity at its Sukari mine which would

have a material impact on trading. Operations at Sukari continue uninterrupted.

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