Change of Results Date

Fresnillo Plc 28 Grosvenor Street London W1K 4QR United Kingdom www.fresnilloplc.com < http://www.fresnilloplc.com/> 03 February 2010 Fresnillo plc Change of Results Date Fresnillo plc announces that it will now release its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2009 on Tuesday 2 March 2010 at 7am. For further information please visit www.fresnilloplc.com < http://www.fresnilloplc.com/> or contact: Fresnillo plc London Office  T: +44 (0)20 7399 2470 Octavio Alvidrez, Head of Investor Relations Mexico City Office  T: +52 555 279 3203 Gabriela Mayor JPMorgan Cazenove  T: +44 (0)20 7588 2828 Andrew Wray Brunswick  T: +44 (0)20 7404 5959 Patrick Handley Carole Cable About Fresnillo plc Fresnillo Plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol FRES. Fresnillo has four producing mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Ciénega, Herradura and Soledad-Dipolos; one advanced development project - Saucito; and three exploration prospects - San Juan, San Julian, Orysivo, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects and, in total, has mining concessions covering approximately 1.75 million hectares in Mexico. Fresnillo has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mining development and reserves replacement, and a low cost of production, being in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for both silver and gold. Fresnillo intends to maintain its position as the world's largest primary silver producer with the aim of approximately doubling production, on a silver equivalent ounce basis by 2018 and increasing its gold production. [HUG#1380460]