PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Apr 14, 2014) - Centamin PLC (LSE: CEY) (TSX: CEE)

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

Change in Role of Director

Centamin announces that Trevor Schultz will resign as an executive director and be appointed as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 May 2014.

The resignation as executive director and appointment as non-executive director coincides with the successful completion of the construction of the Stage 4 expansion and hand over to Operations of the commissioning of Stage 4.

Josef El-Raghy, Chairman of Centamin, commented:

"I wish to take this opportunity to thank Trevor for his invaluable contribution to the establishment of Sukari as a globally significant gold mining operation, and in particular for his recent role in overseeing the construction of the Stage 4 process plant. Such a major construction project that was completed with minimal cost and time overruns is testament to his strong leadership and experience. We are delighted that Centamin and its shareholders will retain the benefit from Trevor's counsel in his new role as a non-executive director."

For more information please contact:

Centamin plc Josef El-Raghy, Chairman Andy Davidson, Head of Business Development and Investor Relations (andy.davidson@centamin.je) +44 (0) 1534 828708

Buchanan Bobby Morse, Gordon Poole, Gabriella Clinkard + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000