Polyus Gold International Limited recommended the payment by the company of a final dividend in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2012 of USD 0.0824 per ordinary share. The Proposed Final Dividend represents approximately 25% of the company's net profits for 2012 and an increase of 101% over the dividend paid in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2011. In addition, the Board of Directors has recommended the payment by the company of a Special Dividend in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2012 of USD 0.0232 per ordinary share, in recognition of the successful sale of its gold mining assets in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Romania. The Proposed Special Dividend and Proposed Final Dividend combined represent an aggregate dividend payment of USD 0.1056 per ordinary share for 2012. The Proposed Final and Special Dividends are subject to the approval of the Company's shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to be held on May 31, 2013. The Proposed Final and Special Dividends will be paid on June 7, 2013 to shareholders on the company's register at close of business on May 24, 2013.

Polyus Gold International Limited announced the key components of the new Natalka plant, SAG mill and ball mill, have been successfully delivered on site and are expected to be installed in the third quarter of 2013, as scheduled. The 10.4 by 6.1 meter SAG mill and the 8.2 by 14 meter ball mill arrived at the port of Magadan, Russia on April 14, 2013, where they were placed on mobile platforms for the ten-day, 406 kilometer road transfer to the Natalka site. The total weight of the cargo was 977 tones including 60 non-standard items and 9 over-sized items of 9 meters in diameter and weighing approximately 100 tones each. The caravan consisting of 18 main and 10 support vehicles moved at a speed of 5-10 km/hour and had to cross 63 bridges and three mountain passes at altitudes ranging from 810 to 1,150 meters above sea level. Along the route, the caravan has crossed 234 power lines and in more than 40 cases, the power lines had to be temporarily removed to ensure safe passage. The two mills, with combined throughput of 1,228 tones of ore per hour, have been built by CEMTEC, a leading European manufacturer of processing equipment for the materials and mining industries. In February 2013, they were transported from the manufacturer in Linz, Austria, to the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, from where they were shipped to Magadan, a journey of nearly 30,000 kilometers.

Polyus Gold International Limited announced that it has been notified by Robert Buchan, the Chairman of the Board, that, in light of his recent appointment as President and CEO of Allied Nevada Gold Corp., in addition to his position as Executive Chairman of that company, he intends to resign from the Board at the conclusion of the company's 2013 Annual General Meeting. The Board's Nominations Committee, which is comprised solely of independent directors, has initiated a search for a new independent Chairman of the Board.