RNS Number:3588O
Avocet Mining PLC
06 August 2003

                               AVOCET MINING PLC


                        FIRST QUARTER GOLD PRODUCTION


Avocet Mining is pleased to announce first quarter gold production of 43,225
ounces.

Gold production from Penjom in Malaysia amounted to 28,425 ounces for the
quarter with production from Zeravshan Gold Company (ZGC) in Tajikistan at
14,800 ounces.

Avocet is a mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM.  The
Company's principal activities are gold mining and exploration in Malaysia (as
100% owner of the Penjom mine, the country's largest gold producer), Tajikistan
(as 49% owner and operator of the Zeravshan Gold Company, Tajikistan's principal
gold mine), and Indonesia (as 80% owner of the North Lanut gold project in North
Sulawesi where a positive feasibility study has recently been completed).


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For further information please contact:

Avocet Mining PLC                                   4C Communications Ltd
John Catchpole (Chief Executive)                    Carina Corbett
Jonathan Henry (Finance Director)                   020 8949 7171
020 7907 9000                                       020 7907 4761

www.avocet.co.uk


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