Centerra Gold Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 08, 2015) - Centerra Gold Inc. (CG.TO) ("Centerra" or the "Company") announced that the eleven nominees listed in the management information circular for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held earlier today were elected as directors of Centerra. The vote was conducted by ballot. 210,956,606 shares were voted at the Meeting, representing 89.21% of Centerra's issued and outstanding common shares. The detailed results of the vote are set out below:

Nominee		Votes For		% Votes For		Votes Withheld		% Votes Withheld		% Votes For Excluding Kyrgyzaltyn Vote
Ian Atkinson		129,316,847		61.50		80,965,158		38.50		97.32%
Richard W. Connor		131,759,465		62.66		78,522,540		37.34		99.16%
Raphael A. Girard		131,489,114		62.53		78,792,891		37.47		98.95%
Stephen A. Lang		124,733,356		59.32		85,548,649		40.68		93.87%
Emil Orozbaev		209,776,202		99.76		505,803		0.24		99.62%
Michael Parrett		131,539,047		62.55		78,742,958		37.45		98.99%
Sheryl K. Pressler		130,768,499		62.19		79,513,506		37.81		98.41%
Terry V. Rogers		130,074,999		61.86		80,207,006		38.14		97.89%
Kalinur Sadyrov		206,364,542		98.14		3,917,463		1.86		97.05%
Kylychbek Shakirov		187,961,440		89.39		22,320,565		10.61		83.20%
Bruce V. Walter		127,444,260		60.61		82,837,745		39.39		95.91%

As previously disclosed, Centerra continues its discussions with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic regarding the Company's Kumtor Project. Kyrgyzaltyn JSC ("Kyrgyzaltyn") is wholly owned by the Kyrgyz Republic and owns approximately 32.73% of the outstanding common shares of Centerra.

In connection with the voting for the election of directors, Centerra notes that Kyrgyzaltyn withheld its votes from the election of all director nominees other than Messrs. Orozbaev, Sadyrov and Shakirov. The director nominees other than Messrs. Orozbaev, Sadyrov and Shakirov received, on average, over 97% of the votes cast in favour of their election (excluding the votes attached to the shares of Kyrgyzaltyn).

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Centerra
Centerra is a North-American based gold mining company focused on operating, developing, exploring and acquiring gold properties in Asia, Canada and other markets worldwide. Centerra is the largest Western-based gold producer in Central Asia. Centerra's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol CG. The Company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Additional information on Centerra is available on the Company's web site at www.centerragold.com and at SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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