TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/09/12 — Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) announced today that independent environmental experts with U.S.-based Prizma LLC analyzed the June 2012 Parliamentary Commission Report („Report“) about the Kumtor Mine, located in the Kyrgyz Republic. Prizma-s findings focused on seven key environmental issues discussed in the Report and confirm that the Report-s allegations are unfounded and that it ignores results of numerous inspections and independent audits, published data and published government reports.
Centerra-s President and CEO, Ian Atkinson, commented: „As I have stated previously, Centerra believes that the parliamentary report-s findings are without merit. Kumtor has operated in accordance with Kyrgyz and international standards and this has been proven over the years in systematic audits by Kyrgyz and international experts.“
A link to Prizma-s full report is available in English and Russian, is provided on Kumtor-s website and is available on Prizma-s website ().
Prizma-s Independent Assessment was completed by Mr. Mehrdad Nazari, MBA, MSc, LEAD Fellow, Senior Corporate Responsibility & ESIA Advisor, and Director of Prizma LLC. In addition, Don Proebstel, PhD, Senior Biodiversity & ESIA Advisor and Associate of Prizma LLC, co-authored the report.
About Centerra
Centerra is a gold mining company focused on operating, developing, exploring and acquiring gold properties primarily in Asia, the former Soviet Union and other emerging markets worldwide. Centerra is a leading North American-based gold producer and is the largest Western-based gold producer in Central Asia. Centerra-s shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol CG. The Company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Additional information on Centerra is available on the Company-s web site at and at SEDAR at .
Contacts: Centerra Gold Inc. John W. Pearson Vice President, Investor Relations (416) 204-1241
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