Amara Mining plc: Change of Advisers

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Dec 20, 2013) - Amara Mining plc (AIM: AMA) (TSX: AMZ)

TSX:AMZ

20 December 2013                                             AIM:AMA



                            Amara Mining plc
                       ("Amara" or "the Company")

                          CHANGE OF ADVISERS

Amara Mining plc, the AIM-listed West African focused gold mining
company,is pleased to announce the appointment of Peel HuntLLP ("Peel
Hunt") astheCompany'sNominated Adviser and Joint Broker and GMP
Securities Europe LLP ("GMP Europe") as Joint Broker with immediate
effect.

About Peel Hunt
Peel Hunt is an independent full-service multi-sector corporate broking
/advisory house with an exclusive focus on UK-listed mid and small caps.
Founded in 1989, Peel Hunt has the largest dedicated UK mid and
small-cap sales and trading platform in London, with specialist natural
resources sector focus in Equity Research, Equity Sales and Corporate
Advisory/Broking.

About GMP Europe
GMP Europe is the London-based affiliate of GMP Securities L.P ("GMP
Securities"), part of the GMP Capital Inc. group of companies. GMP
Capital Inc. is a publicly traded investment banking firm listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange with offices in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal,
Canada, in New York, Dallas and Miami, U.S.A., in London, England and
in Perth and Sydney, Australia. GMP Securities is a leading
independent investment dealer focused on corporate advisory and
institutional equities sales and trading for corporate clients and
institutional investors.

For more information please contact:
Amara Mining plc                             +44 (0)20 7398 1420
John McGloin, Chairman
Peter Spivey, Chief Executive Officer
Pete Gardner, Finance Director
Katharine Sutton, Head of Investor Relations

Peel Hunt LLP                                +44 (0)20 7418 8900
(Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
Matthew Armitt
Ross Allister

GMP Securities Europe LLP                    +44 (0)20 7647 2800
(Joint Broker)
Richard Greenfield
David Wargo

Bell Pottinger - Pelham                      +44 (0)20 7861 3232
(Financial Public Relations)
Charles Vivian
Mark Antelme
James MacFarlane

About Amara Mining plc

Amara is a gold developer-producer with assets in West Africa. The
Company generates cash flow through its Kalsaka/Sega gold mine in
Burkina Faso. Amara remains focused on its objective of becoming a
mid-tier producer through the development of its Baomahun project in
Sierra Leone and its Yaoure project in Cote d'Ivoire. With its
experience of bringing new mines into production and a project pipeline
spanning four countries, Amara aims to further increase its production
profile with highly prospective opportunities across all assets.
This information is provided by RNS
          The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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