Appendix 3B New issue announcement,

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

Allied Gold Mining PLC

Registered Company Number

7553802

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 +Class of +securities issued or to be issued

CHESS Depository Interests ("CDIs") issued over ordinary shares

2 Number of +securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

Transfers between CDIs and ordinary shares listed on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE")

3 Principal terms of the +securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid

+securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if

+convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)

See item 1 above

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted

+securities?

If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:
• the date from which they do
• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment
• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

Yes

5 Issue price or consideration

Not applicable

6 Purpose of the issue
(If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

Transfers between CDIs and ordinary shares listed on LSE.

7 Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates

See item 2 above

8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)
9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)
10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

N/A

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval required?

N/A

12 Is the issue renounceable or non- renounceable?

N/A

13 Ratio in which the +securities will be offered

N/A

14 +Class of +securities to which the offer relates

N/A

15 +Record date to determine entitlements

N/A

16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements?

N/A

17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions

N/A

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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18 Names of countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be sent new issue documents

Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with.

Cross reference: rule 7.7.

N/A

19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations

N/A

20 Names of any underwriters N/A
21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission

N/A

22 Names of any brokers to the issue N/A
23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue

N/A

24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of +security holders

N/A

25 If the issue is contingent on

+security holders' approval, the date of the meeting

N/A

26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled

N/A

27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders

N/A

28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable)

N/A

29 Date rights trading will end (if applicable)

N/A

30 How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker?

N/A

31 How do +security holders sell part N/A
of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance?
32 How do +security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)?

N/A

33 +Despatch date N/A

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities
(tick one)
(a) N/A Securities described in Part 1
(b) N/A All other securities

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a) Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

35 If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional +securities, and the number and percentage of additional +securities held by those holders
36 If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional

+securities setting out the number of holders in the categories

1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over
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