Update on progress at Andash

Aurum Mining PLC 25 April 2005 For immediate release 25 April 2005 AURUM MINING PLC ('Aurum' or 'the Company') Update on progress at Andash Aurum Mining plc (AIM: AUR), the company formed to acquire gold and other mineral extraction projects in the Former Soviet Union, is pleased to announce to shareholders results of recent works at its Andash gold and copper property in the Kyrgyz Republic. • Four further drill holes completed • Operations unaffected by recent civil unrest in the Kyrgyz Republic Our technical programme is ongoing and the Company has obtained additional drilling results from this programme, additionally we have calculated interval data as shown below from previous drilling showing high grade zones within the ore zone. *DDH # Interval m Length m Au g/t Cu % TX-1 0.0-107.0 107.0 0.95 0.47 Including: 65.0-106.0 41.0 1.31 0.61 TX-2 0.0-149.0 149.0 1.94 0.66 Including: 69.0-107.0 38.0 4.43 1.14 75.0-93.0 18.0 7.57 1.79 TX-3 1.0-174.0 173.0 1.53 0.48 Including: 2.0-127.0 125.0 1.78 0.55 2.0-66.0 64.0 2.32 0.71 44.0-55.0 11.0 7.03 2.00 TX-4 0.0-122.0 122.0 0.96 0.47 Including: 66.0-87.0 21.0 1.74 0.62 P-1 0.0-17.0 17.0 1.04 0.59 42.0-75.0 33.0 0.50 0.21 P-2 0.0-33.0 33.0 0.59 0.20 83.0-116.0 33.0 1.12 0.44 P-3 0.0-164.0 164.0 No mineralisation P-4 0.0-173.8 173.8 No mineralisation *The drill holes series TX - were drilled for resource calculation and metallurgical purposes. The drill holes series P - were drilled for delineation of mineralization on the flanks of ore body and for geotechnical samples. From these data we have designed a detailed in-fill drilling programme of 6000m of reverse circulation and 2000 m of diamond core drilling to complete the requirements for independent ore resource calculations, open pit design and optimisation currently being conducted by Wardell-Armstrong International Ltd. Aurum management is pleased to see that its technical plans are on schedule with results confirming the expected thickness of the Andash deposit and the correlation of the copper and gold grades. The Andash project as stated previously has Soviet standard resources quoted as follows: Zone 1 - 634000 oz and approx 200 Mlbs of copper contained (@ 0.5 gAu/t cut-off) Zone 2 - 287000 oz of gold Zone 3 - 124000 oz of gold Kyrgyz Republic The Company is pleased to inform shareholders that the recent disruption seen in the Kyrgyz Republic over the past few weeks did not impact the operations of the Andash project development and the drilling, sampling and assaying of our exploration works did not stop during this period. Sean Finlay Chairman For further information please contact: Aurum Mining Sean Finlay, Chairman Tel: + 353 1 8030401 WH Ireland Tim Cofman Tel: 0121 616 2101 Buchanan Communications Tel: 020 7466 5000 Mark Court/Charlie Howard This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange