Market Update -? Resumption of Operations

PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - December 20, 2012) -

For immediate release                                   20 December 2012


                 Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company")
                           (LSE:CEY, TSX:CEE)



                  Market Update - Resumption of Operations

Centamin is pleased to confirm that, following the recently-announced
export of gold and resumption of fuel supply, operations have now
resumed at Sukari.


For more information please contact:

Centamin plc                                          Buchanan
Josef El-Raghy, Chairman                              Bobby Morse
Andy Davidson, Head of Business Development and       Cornelia Browne
Investor Relations
(andy.davidson@centamin.co.uk)                        Gabriella Clinkard

+44 (0) 20 7569 1671                               + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000








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