Severstal Terminates Agreement to Acquire Sacre-Couer Minerals, Ltd.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - Feb. 14, 2011) - Nord Gold N.V. ("Nord Gold") (formerly Severstal Gold N.V. ("Severstal Gold")), a subsidiary of OAO Severstal ("Severstal") (LSE:SVST)(RT:CHMF), announced today that it has terminated its agreement with Sacre-Coeur Minerals, Ltd. ("SCM") to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares (the "Common Shares") of SCM that it does not already own.

As disclosed on September 23, 2010, Severstal Gold purchased 3,900,000 common shares ("Common Shares") of SCM at an average price of CAD$1.5444 per Common Share for a total cost of $6,023,160.00 on September 22, 2010. Following this transaction, Nord Gold and its subsidiaries had ownership and control over 7,751,500 Common Shares, representing approximately 19.67% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares as at September 24, 2010. The additional acquisition of Common Shares on September 22, 2010 was effected to increase Severstal's beneficial ownership position in SCM. Severstal Gold entered into a binding agreement with SCM to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares that it did not already own, at a price of CAD$1.60 per Common Share, which agreement was terminated by Nord Gold in accordance with its terms as of February 11, 2011.

This press release is issued pursuant to National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues, which requires a report to be filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) containing additional information with respect to the foregoing matters. A copy of this report may be obtained by contacting Sergey Loktionov, Public Relations, OAO Severstal at +7 495 9810910 ext. 6446.

About Severstal

OAO Severstal is one of the world's leading integrated steel and mining companies with listings in Russia and on the London Stock Exchange. Incorporated in 1993, the company focuses on high value added and unique niche products. Its main steel-making assets are in Russia, the United States and Europe. Severstal's mining assets in Russia and the USA provide the company with strong self-sufficiency in coking coal and iron ore in Russia, and good self-sufficiency in coking coal in the USA. In 2009, Severstal produced 16.7 million tonnes of steel.

Nord Gold (formerly Severstal Gold) includes all of Severstal's gold mining assets and is an established international, pure-gold producer focused on emerging markets and currently has eight producing mines, two development projects, five advanced exploration projects and a broad portfolio of early exploration projects and licenses located across West Africa in Guinea and Burkina Faso, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.

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