New World Resources Plc ('NWR' or the 'Company') announces today the completion of the sale of its coke subsidiary, OKK Koksovny, a.s. ("OKK") to the METALIMEX group for EUR 95 million.

Gareth Penny, Executive Chairman: "Divestment of OKK was important for two reasons. First the freed-up cash will be reinvested in our core business including mining equipment and mine expansion projects and second this disposal is a part of a wider process at the end of which NWR will emerge as the Europe's leading miner and marketer of coking coal by 2017."

Background:

On 16 May 2013, NWR announced its intention to divest OKK. This decision was part of a wider operational review undertaken by the Company with the aim of adjusting its business in light of challenging market conditions.

On 27 September 2013, NWR agreed to sell OKK and OKK's coke inventory for a gross consideration of EUR 95 million to the METALIMEX group.

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Notes for editors

New World Resources Plc is one of Central Europe's leading hard coal producers. NWR produces quality coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic. NWR currently has several development projects in Poland and the Czech Republic, which form part of NWR's regional growth strategy. In 2013 the Company announced a strategic outlook to reposition NWR into Europe's leading miner and marketer of coking coal by 2017. NWR is listed in London, Prague and Warsaw. It is a constituent of FTSE Small Cap index.

OKK Koksovny a.s. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NWR Plc. OKK currently operates a single plant in the city of Ostrava - the coking plant Svoboda. The plant comprises four coke-oven batteries with a total of 210 chambers and annual capacity of 850kt.

METALIMEX group is a Czech based trading business, trading aluminum sheets, copper, steel, iron ore, coal as well as other commodities within Central Europe.

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Disclaimer and cautionary note on forward looking statements and notes on certain other matters

Certain statements in this announcement are not historical facts and are or are deemed to be "forward-looking". The Company's prospects, plans, financial position and business strategy, and statements pertaining to the capital resources, future expenditure for development projects and results of operations, may constitute forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology including, but not limited to; "may", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "plan", "foresee", "will", "could", "may", "might", "believe" or "continue" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct.  These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other facts that may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and may be beyond NWR's ability to control or predict. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performances.

Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected include, but are not limited to, the following: risks relating to changes in political, economic and social conditions in the Czech Republic, Poland and the CEE region; future prices and demand for the Company's products, and demand for the Company's customers' products; coal mine reserves; remaining life of the Company's mines; coal production; trends in the coal industry and domestic and international coal market conditions; risks in coal mining operations; future expansion plans and capital expenditures; the Company's relationship with, and conditions affecting, the Company's customers; competition; railroad and other transportation performance and costs; availability of specialist and qualified workers; and weather conditions or catastrophic damage; risks relating to Czech or Polish law, regulations and taxation, including laws, regulations, decrees and decisions governing the coal mining industry, the environment and currency and exchange controls relating to Czech and Polish entities and their official interpretation by governmental and other regulatory bodies and by the courts; and risks relating to global economic conditions and the global economic environment. Additional risk factors are as described in the Company's annual report.

Forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this announcement.  The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release, publicly or otherwise, any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained in this announcement to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, assumptions or circumstances on which any such statement is based unless so required by applicable law.

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