Company KAZAKHMYS PLC (United Kingdom) informed on setting the period for explanation to ENRC of its intentions till May 16

/KASE, 11.04.08/ - Company KAZAKHMYS PLC (London), common shares of which are traded in the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) category "A" official list, provided to KASE the press release, which informs on the following: Quotation start Kazakhmys notes today's announcement by The Takeover Panel, which sets a deadline of 16 May by when Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc ("ENRC") should announce a firm intention to make an offer for Kazakhmys in accordance with Rule 2.5 of the Takeover Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer for Kazakhmys. Kazakhmys welcomes this ruling by the Takeover Panel and the deadline that it now gives ENRC to clarify its intentions to Kazakhmys' shareholders. Further statements will be made as appropriate. For further information please contact: John Smelt, Head of Corporate Communications Tel.: +44 20 7901 7882 Mob.: +44 787 964 2675 Olga Nekrassova, Financial Analyst Tel.: +44 20 7901 7814 Kazakhmys PLC David Simoson tel.:+44 20 7653 6620 Tom Randell tel.:+44 20 765 6620 Leonid Fink tel.:+44 20 7653 6620 "Merlin" Quotation end [2008-04-11]