/ADDED/ THE FIRST TRADES IN COMMON SHARES OF EXPLORATION PRODUCTION KAZMUNAYGAS JSC ON THE SECONDARY MARKET OF KASE CLOSED AT STAGE BY 12.9% HIGHER IPO PRICE

/IRBIS, Andrey Tsalyuk, October 5, 06/ - As it was informed earlier, today trades in KZ1C51460018 issue common shares of Exploration Production KazMunayGas JSC (Astana) (official securities list of KASE of "A" category, trade code - RDGZ) was opened on the secondary market of KASE at 16:00 p.m. (ALT). The price at trades closing by the last deals concluded was KZT12,600.00 per a copy or $98.92 by the current exchange rate. That was by 12.9% higher than the price of shares offering on the domestic market of Kazakhstan within frameworks of IPO, conducted at the end of September. Totally on this day on KASE was made four nego and 13 market deals with RDGZ. The volume of operations on nego deals totaled 8.655 securities in the sum of KZT97,062.4 th. (USD762.0 th.). Price of shares varied from KZT11,163.39 (USD87.64) to KZT11,223.62 (USD88.11) and in the average weighted expression was equal to KZT12,589.09 (USD98.83) per share. In the open market sector (market deals) the volume of operations totaled 4.693 securities in the sum of KZT59,080.6 th. (USD463.8 th.). Here price of RDGZ on separate deals had varied from KZT120,502.50 (USD98.15) to KZT12,600.00 (USD98.92), and in the average weighted expression was equal to KZT12,589.09 (USD98.83) per share. As a whole during first trades in RDGZ on KASE the sum volume of deals reached 156,143.02 thousands tenge or equivalent 1,225.8 thousands US dollars at the current exchange rate. [2006-10-05]