KAZAKHMYS PLС (United Kingdom) buys back 106,000 common shares GB00B0HZPV38 (GB_KZMS) from J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. on March 21, 2012

/KASE, March 26, 12/ - KAZAKHMYS PLС (London), shares of which are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following information message: quotation Kazakhmys PLC announces that on 21 March 2012 it purchased from J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. 106,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 937.8094 pence per share. The highest price paid was 953.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 925.5 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Kazakhmys PLC holds 7,411,503 ordinary shares in treasury and has 528,006,458 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). For further information, please contact: Казахмыс Jhon Smelt Head of Corporate Communications Tel: +44 20 7901 7882 Tek: +44 78 7964 2675 Irina Tretyakova Financial Analyst Tel: +44 20 7901 7814 Maksut Zhapabaev Head of Corporate Communications Almaty Tel: +77 27 3304 556 Zulfira Mukhamedyarova Senior Manager of Media Relations Tel: +77 27 3304 556 Merlin David Simonson Tel: +44 20 7726 8400 Maria Babkina Tel: +44 20 7726 8400 ends [2012-03-26]