Stock Exchange Release
Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
12 March 2013

Proposal of the Nomination Committee on the composition of Talvivaara's Board of Directors

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc ("Talvivaara" or the "Company") announces proposals by the Nomination Committee of the Company's Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting for the number of members in and composition of the Board. Talvivaara's Annual General Meeting is provisionally scheduled to be held on 25 April 2013.

The Nomination Committee proposes that the number of members of the Board of Directors be nine.

The Committee proposes that present members of the Board, Mr. Tapani Järvinen, Mr. Pekka Perä, Mr. Graham Titcombe, Mr. Edward Haslam, Ms. Eileen Carr, Mr. Stuart Murray, Mr. Michael Rawlinson and Ms. Kirsi Sormunen, be re-elected, and that Ms. Maija-Liisa Friman be elected as a new member to the Board.

Ms. Maija-Liisa Friman (b. 1952), M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, was President and CEO of Aspocomp Group Oyj in 2004-2007, Managing Director of Vattenfall Oy in 2000-2004 and Managing Director of Gyproc Oy in 1993-2000. Friman is Chairman of the boards of Ekokem and Helsinki Deaconess Institute and Vice Chairman of the board of Neste Oil. In addition, she has board assignments in TeliaSonera, Finnair, LKAB and the Finnish Securities Market Association. She is also a partner of Boardman Oy.

Enquiries

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc Tel +358 20 7129 800
Pekka Perä CEO
Saila Miettinen-Lähde, Deputy CEO and CFO

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
Talvivaara Mining Company is an internationally significant base metals producer with its primary focus on nickel and zinc using a technology known as bioheapleaching to extract metals out of ore. Bioheapleaching makes extraction of metals from low grade ore economically viable. The Talvivaara deposits comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe. The ore body is estimated to support anticipated production for several decades. Talvivaara has secured a 10-year off-take agreement for 100 per cent of its main output of nickel and cobalt to Norilsk Nickel and entered into a long-term zinc streaming agreement with Nyrstar NV. Talvivaara is listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Further information can be found at www.talvivaara.com.

Proposal by Nomination Committee on composition of Talvivaara’s BoD



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