PERSEUS MINING LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2007

Jul 15, 2007

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

PERSEUS MINING LIMITED

ABN

27 106 808 986

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 +Class of+securities issued or to be issued 2 Number of+securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued 3 Principal terms of the+securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)	Ordinary shares
	730,000 ordinary shares 610,000 Unlisted options
	Shares rank equally with existing quoted ordinary shares. 610,000 options have been issued under the terms of the Perseus Mining Limited Employee Option Plan.

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4 Do the+securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing+class of quoted +securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: • the date from which they do • the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment • the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets) 7 Dates of entering+securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates	See (3) above.
	730,000 shares issued at 50 cents each upon exercise of 730,000 unlisted options. 610,000 options issued to employees and consultants under the terms of the Perseus Mining Limited Employee Option Plan for employment services. (Exercisable at $1 each after 12 July 2008 and prior to 12 July 2010.)
	See (5) above.
	12 July 2007

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8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)	Number	+Class
	118,393,166 22,612,784	Ordinary fully paid shares (PRU) Options exercisable at 20 cents each on or before 31 March 2009 (PRUO)
	3,700,000 945,000 800,000 11,310,000 600,000 150,000 610,000	Options exercisable at 20 cents each on or before 31 March 2009. Options exercisable at 26 cents each prior to 1 December 2008. Options exercisable at 45 cents each (400,000) and 50 cents each (400,000) prior to 6 June 2009. Options exercisable at 50 cents each on or before 29 February 2008 Options exercisable at 50 cents prior to 1 April 2010 Options exercisable at 65 cents prior to 30 May 2010. Options exercisable at $1.00 prior to 12 July 2010.
	No plans to pay dividends at this stage.

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Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval required? 12 Is the issue renounceable or non- renounceable? 13 Ratio in which the+securities will be offered 14 +Class of+securities to which the offer relates 15 +Record date to determine entitlements 16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? 17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions 18 Names of countries in which the entity has+security holders who will not be sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. 19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations 20 Names of any underwriters 21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission 22 Names of any brokers to the issue 23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue	Not Applicable

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24	Amount of any handling fee
	payable to brokers who lodge
	acceptances or renunciations on
	behalf of+security holders
25	If the issue is contingent on
	+security holders’ approval, the date
	of the meeting
26	Date entitlement and acceptance
	form and prospectus or Product
	Disclosure Statement will be sent to
	persons entitled
27	If the entity has issued options, and
	the terms entitle option holders to
	participate on exercise, the date on
	which notices will be sent to option
	holders
28	Date rights trading will begin (if
	applicable)
29	Date rights trading will end (if
	applicable)
30	How do+security holders sell their
	entitlements_in full_through a
	broker?
31	How do+security holders sell_part_
	of their entitlements through a
	broker and accept for the balance?
32	How do+security holders dispose
	of their entitlements (except by sale
	through a broker)?
33	+Despatch date

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities ( tick one ) (a)[Securities described in Part 1 – ] Quotation is only sought for 730,000 ordinary shares (b)[All other securities ]

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Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

35 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

36 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories 1 - 1,000 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which +quotation is sought

39 Class of +securities for which quotation is sought

40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing[+] class of quoted +securities?

If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:

• the date from which they do

• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

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41 Reason for request for quotation now

Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period

(if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security)

Number +Class

42 Number and[+] class of all[+] securities quoted on ASX ( including the securities in clause 38)

Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the +securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted[+] quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the[+] securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before[+] quotation of the[+] securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

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Sign here: (Company Secretary) Print name: Susmit Shah

Date: 16 July 2007

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