Exercise of Options/PDMR Dealing Notification

14 June 2018

CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

("CAML" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options/PDMR Dealing Notification

The Company (AIM:CAML) has been notified that, on 13 June 2018, Mr Gavin Ferrar, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, exercised 100,000 options under the Central Asia Metals plc Employee Share Plan 2011 (as amended) over ordinary shares of US$0.01 each ("Shares") in the Company at an exercise price of US$0.01 per Share. On the same day, Mr Ferrar sold the resulting Shares at an average price of 277.0369p per Share, in part to settle the tax liabilities arising on exercise.

The exercise of these options will be satisfied by the transfer of Shares from the Employee Benefit Trust.

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Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns the Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in Macedonia. The Company also owns 80% of the Shuak copper exploration property in northern Kazakhstan. For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com.