Amara Mining plc Total Voting Rights

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwired - Apr 17, 2014) - Amara Mining plc ("Amara" or the "Company") (AIM: AMA) Further to the Company's announcement on 11 April 2014 in relation to the issue of 108,763,873 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Placing and Open Offer, the Company announces that the New Ordinary Shares have been admitted to trading on AIM and that dealings commenced at 8.00 a.m. today.

For the purposes of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this notice is 328,979,827 with each share carrying the right to one vote.

There are no shares held in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 328,979,827.

The above figure 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 to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

All defined terms in this announcement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the announcement of 21 March 2014.


About Amara Mining plc

Amara is a gold developer-producer with assets in West Africa. The Company generates cash flow through its Kalsaka/Sega gold mine in Burkina Faso. Amara is focused on unlocking the value in its development projects. At Yaoure in Côte d'Ivoire, this will be achieved by increasing the confidence in the existing Mineral Resource and economics at the project as the Company progresses it through to Pre-Feasibility Study and Bankable Feasibility Study. At Baomahun, this will be achieved by gaining an improved understanding of the exploration upside potential and underground opportunity. With its experience of bringing new mines into production and a project pipeline spanning four countries, Amara aims to further increase its production profile with highly prospective opportunities across its asset portfolio.



For more information please contact:

Amara Mining plc
Catherine Apthorpe, Company Secretary
Katharine Sutton, Head of Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 7398 1420

Peel Hunt LLP
(Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
Matthew Armitt / Ross Allister
+44 (0)20 7418 8900

GMP Securities Europe LLP
(Joint Broker)
Richard Greenfield / David Wargo
+44 (0)20 7647 2800

Farm Street Communications
(Media Relations)
Simon Robinson
+44 (0)7593 340 107