2 March 2015

Director's Dealings

Petropavlovsk PLC (the "Company") announces that it was notified on Friday 27 February 2015 by Dmitry Chekashkin, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Petropavlovsk PLC, of the information set out below.

Mr Chekashkin purchased 4,450,000 Petropavlovsk PLC nil paid rights at a price of 0.5757 pence per nil paid right.

Following this transaction, Mr Chekashkin has an interest in 18,629 ordinary shares, representing 0.01% of the voting rights of the Company's issued share capital.

The notification of the above transaction is to satisfy the Company's obligations under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

Petropavlovsk PLC

Alya Samokhvalova, Group Head of External Communications,

Rachel Mills, Investor Relations Officer

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Neil Bennett, Chief Executive Officer