19 September 2012, Moscow — Siberian Anthracite, one of the world’s largest producers of Ultra High Grade (UHG) anthracite, today provides an update on its investment programme in August 2012. As part of its company mining equipment renovation and modernization in July – August 2012 the following equipment was purchased: four 130-ton capacity BelAZ dump trucks, six Scania coal trucks, Hyundai forklift and one CU 1250/5000 crew-cutting lathe. More than 180 equipment unites from the leading world manufacturers (BelAZ, Kamaz, Caterpillar, Hyundai, Dressta, Liebherr, Scania, etc.) were purchased within the implementation of mining equipment renovation and modernization programme, which started in 2006.

Maria Grigoreva Head of Public Relations +7 495 956 35 33 MGrigoreva@sibanthracite.ru

Tom Blackwell M:Communications +7 495 363 2841 Blackwell@mcomgroup.com

About Siberian Anthracite

Siberian Anthracite is one of the world’s largest producers of ultra high grade (UHG) anthracite. The company carries out open-pit mining at deposits in the Gorlovsky coal basin in the Novosibirsk region of western Siberia. In late 2006 Siberian Anthracite launched a 10-year investment programme to create a world-leading UHG anthracite mining and processing facility. To date, the company has upgraded and constructed extraction, processing and transport infrastructure, and substantially overhauled and expanded its fleet of mining equipment and machinery. Run-of-mine anthracite volumes have almost tripled since 2009, reaching 3.4 million tonnes in 2011. www.sibanthracite.ru