| Centamin plc | |
| Traded As: | FTSE 250 component |
| Location: | Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Industry: | Gold mining |
| Revenue: | US$891.3 million (2023)[1] |
| Operating Income: | US$194.5 million (2023) |
| Net Income: | US$194.9 million (2023) |
| Homepage: | www.centamin.com |
Centamin plc is a gold mining company focused on the Arabian-Nubian Shield. It has offices in London, UK; Mount Pleasant, Western Australia; and Alexandria, Egypt. Its registered office is in Jersey. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Centamin was first listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1970.[2] In 1999, it acquired Pharaoh Gold Mines, a company that had been exploring for gold in Egypt since 1995, and became "Centamin Egypt".[2] The company was granted a 160 square kilometre exploitation lease over the Sukari Gold Project in the eastern desert of Egypt in 2005. A listing was secured on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2007 to raise funding for production,[2] and first gold was poured in June 2009.[3] The Company moved to a full listing on the London Stock Exchange in November 2009,[4] and was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 2010.[5] In 2011, it redomiciled to Jersey and changed its name to "Centamin plc".[6]
The company operates the Sukari Gold Mine in the Eastern Desert of Egypt,[3] some 700 km from Cairo and 25 km from the Red Sea. First gold was poured at Sukari in June 2009 and commercial production began on 1 April 2010, making Sukari the first modern gold mine in Egypt, a country which in ancient times was a prolific producer of the precious metal.[7]