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Inclusion of the Company’s Shares in the MOEX Indices

PJSC Polyus (MOEX — PLZL) («Polyus», the «Company»), the largest gold producer in Russia, is pleased to announce that the Moscow Exchange («MOEX») has approved the inclusion of the Company’s ordinary shares in the RTS and MICEX indices effective from 16 June 2016. The weight of the Company’s shares with 5% free-float will be 0.51%.

As previously announced, in April 2016 MOEX upgraded the Company’s listing level to Level 1. Polyus considers this upgrade as recognition of the Company’s continued commitment to the high corporate governance standards previously demonstrated by Polyus Gold International Limited.

Going forward Polyus also intends to increase its free-float level to at least 10% to fully comply with MOEX’s Level 1 listing requirements.

Polyus

Polyus (www.polyus.com) is the largest gold producer in Russia and one of the top 10 gold miners globally by ounces produced. The Company also holds the fourth largest mineral resources base in the world.

Polyus group’s principal operations are located in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

In 2015, the Company confirmed its status of one of the lowest-cost gold producers globally.

Enquiries:

Investor Contact
Sergey Krivokhizhin, Director Investor Relations
+7 (495) 641 33 77 ir@polyusgold.com

Media contact
Artem Gorbachev, Press Secretary
+7 (495) 641 33 77 gorbachevav@polyusgold.com

Forward looking statement

This announcement may contain «forward-looking statements» concerning Polyus and/or Polyus group. Generally, the words «will», «may», «should», «could», «would», «can», «continue», «opportunity», «believes», «expects», «intends», «anticipates», «estimates» or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future capital expenditures and business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of Polyus’ and/or Polyus group’s operations. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond Polyus’ and/or Polyus group’s ability to control or estimate precisely and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on such statements which speak only as at the date of this announcement. Polyus and/or any Polyus group company assumes no obligation in respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.