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RNS Number : 5104W

CGNPC Uranium Resources Co., Ltd

31 January 2012

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

31 January 2012

RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER FOR KALAHARI MINERALS PLC ("Kalahari") BY TAURUS MINERAL LIMITED ("Taurus") (A COMPANY FORMED AT THE DIRECTION OF CGNPC URANIUM RESOURCES CO., LTD ("CGNPC-URC") AND THE CHINA-AFRICA DEVELOPMENT FUND ("CADFund"))

Sale of Kalahari Shares by Henderson Alternative Investment Advisor Limited and Henderson Global Investors Limited (together "Henderson")

On 8 December 2011 CGNPC-URC announced that the boards of Kalahari and CGNPC-URC had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Kalahari (the "Offer"), to be effected by means of a takeover offer within the meaning of Part 28 of the Companies Act (the "Announcement").

In the Announcement it was stated that Taurus had received non-binding letters of intent from Henderson confirming its intention to accept the Offer in respect of an aggregate 9,839,083 Kalahari Shares.

Between 16 December 2011 and 26 January 2012, Henderson sold 8,476,270 of its Kalahari Shares that were subject to the non-binding letters of intent. Accordingly, on 27 January 2012 it was announced that the non-binding letters of intent from Henderson applied to an aggregate 1,362,813 Kalahari Shares.

Today, Taurus was notified by Henderson that, on 30 January 2012, Henderson sold the remaining 1,362,813 Kalahari Shares that were subject to the non-binding letters of intent. Accordingly, Henderson no longer holds any Kalahari Shares subject to the non-binding letters of intent.

This announcement is being made in accordance with Rule 2.11(d)(ii) of the City Code.

Terms and expressions used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as given to them in the Announcement.

Enquiries:

 
Deutsche Bank (Financial adviser 
 to CGNPC-URC, CADFund and Taurus) 
Omar Faruqui                        Tel: +44 20 7545 8000 
 Geoff Tarrant                       Tel: +61 28258 1234 
 Pei-Shen Chou                       Tel: +852 2203 8888 
 
College Hill (Public Relations 
 adviser to CGNPC-URC and Taurus) 
Tony Friend                         Tel: +44 20 7457 2020 
 Alexandra Roper 
 Henry Chow                          Tel: +852 3791 2289 
 

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Deutsche Bank AG is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: BaFin - Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) and authorised and subject to limited regulation by the FSA. Details about the extent of Deutsche Bank AG's authorisation and regulation by the FSA are available on request. Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (and its affiliates) are acting as financial adviser to CGNPC-URC, CADFund and Taurus and no one else in connection with the contents of this announcement and the Offer and will not be responsible to any person other than CGNPC-URC, CADFund and Taurus for providing the protections afforded to clients of Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (or its affiliates), nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any matters referred to herein.

Opening Position and Dealing Disclosure Requirements under the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any paper offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any paper offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any paper offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10(th) business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10(th) business day following the announcement in which any paper offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a paper offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any paper offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any paper offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any paper offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a paper offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4). Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. If you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure, you should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

Publication on websites

A copy of this announcement is and will be available free of charge, subject to certain restrictions relating to

persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, for inspection on CGNPC-URC's website at www.cgnurc.com.cn.

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