LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Sep 16, 2013) -
16 September 2013 AIM:AMA / TSX:AMZ Amara Mining plc ("Amara" or "the Company") DIRECTORS' DEALINGS Amara Mining plc, the dual AIM and TSX-listed West African focused gold mining company, announces that Peter Hain, Non-Executive Director, has acquired ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). Mr Hain acquired 29,010 Ordinary Shares at 18.80 pence per share. Following this transaction, Mr Hain and persons connected to him are interested in 82,372 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.05 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary share capital, all of which are held beneficially. About Amara Mining plc Amara is a gold developer-producer with assets in West Africa. The Company generates cash flow through its Kalsaka gold mine in Burkina Faso, where the production profile has been enhanced by the acquisition of the neighbouring Sega project. Amara remains focused on its objective of becoming a mid-tier producer through the development of its Baomahun project in Sierra Leone and its Yaoure project in Cote d'Ivoire. With its experience of bringing new mines into production and a project pipeline spanning three countries, Amara aims to further increase its production profile with highly prospective opportunities across all assets. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END
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Amara Mining plc
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Catherine Apthorpe
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Katharine Sutton
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Canaccord Genuity Limited
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Andrew Chubb
Joe Weaving
Tim Redfern
Bell Pottinger - Pelham
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Charlie Vivian
James MacFarlane