Kazakhmys PLC announces the closing of the Dostan-Temir LLP acquisition

/Kazakhmys PLC, April 2, 07/ - Kazakhmys announces today that, further to reaching the agreement to acquire Dostan-Temir LLP, announced on 8 March 2007, all the conditions of the acquisition agreement have been duly fulfilled and the acquisition has now completed. Dostan-Temir LLP is a Kazakhstan based company, which holds the right to sign the contract to undertake further exploration for oil and gas in the East Akzhar Exploration Block ("East Akzhar") in Western Kazakhstan. For further information please contact: Jinsoo Yang, Head of Investor Relations Sergei Stephantsov, Deputy Head of Investor Relations Kazakhmys PLC Tel:+44 20 7901 7800 Robin Walker Finsbury Tel:+44 20 7251 3801 NOTES TO EDITORS Kazakhmys is a London listed natural resources company with operations in Kazakhstan. Kazakhmys' principal business is the mining, processing, smelting, refining and sale of copper and copper products, including copper cathode and copper rod, and is carried on by the Company's main subsidiary Kazakhmys Corporation LLC. The Group's operations are vertically integrated. Kazakhmys operates 19 open pit and underground mines and two smelting and refining complexes in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhmys also owns significant rail infrastructure in Kazakhstan and MKM, a copper products fabrication company in Germany. [2007-04-03]