FOR: AFRICAN COPPER PLC

AIM SYMBOL: ACU

August 26, 2011

African Copper PLC: Notice of Annual General Meeting

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2011) - African Copper Plc ("African Copper" or "the Company")
(AIM:ACU)(BOTSWANA:AFRICAN COPPER) announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at
10.00 am on Friday 30 September 2011 at the offices of Tavistock Communications, 131 Finsbury Pavement, London
EC2A 1NT.

The Notice of the AGM, together with the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2011, is being
posted to shareholders today. Electronic copies of the documents can be obtained from the Company's website
from 26 August 2011 and hard copies are available from Tavistock Communications.

Notes to Editors:

African Copper Plc is an AIM-listed copper producer and exploration company, currently focused on Botswana. The
Company's flagship project is the copper producing open pit Mowana mine. ACU also owns the rights to the
adjacent Thakadu-Makala deposit. Both deposits are situated on the highly prospective Matsitama belt, located
close to Botswana's second largest city, Francistown, in the north- eastern part of the country.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

African Copper Plc
Brad Kipp
Chief Financial Officer
+1 (416) 847 4866
bradk@africancopper.com
www.africancopper.com

OR

Tavistock Communications (PR and IR)
Simon Hudson/Lydia Eades
+44 (0) 20 7920 3150

OR

Canaccord Genuity (NOMAD and Broker)
Andrew Chubb/Tarica Mpinga
+44 (0) 20 7050 6500

African Copper PLC