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MANAS RESOURCES RECEIVES KEY APPROVAL FOR SHAMBESAI GOLD PROJECT

TEO AUTHORISATION PROVIDES COMMENCEMENT OF SCHEDULE TO GOLD PRODUCTION


 Approval of the TEO Study (Russian interpretation for Justification of Technical and Economic Conditions) for the Shambesai Gold Project has been received

 TEO approval is the key authorisation required for the commencement of detailed design, permitting, construction and gold production at Shambesai

 Permitting continues with social and environmental studies being conducted for a number of months

 Schedule now in place for construction to commence in 2013; gold production forecast for early 2014

 New Kyrgyz Republic legislation recently enacted to simplify the permitting process for minedevelopment

 Shambesai has a projected net cash flow of US$208M after capital expenditure of US$37M from production of 245,000 ounces of gold at an average grade of 2.8g/t gold over an initial 4  ½‐year mine life (US$1,500 per ounce gold price) with average life‐of‐mine cash costs (C1 costs) of US$411 per ounce

 Debt financing options now being considered


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