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Ambrian Capital PLC 
03 February 2010 
 
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                        AMBRIAN ESTABLISHES SWISS-BASED 
                            PRIVATE EQUITY BUSINESS 
 
             -Focus on Investments in the Mining and Metals Sector- 
 
 
 
LONDON 3 February 2010 - Ambrian Capital plc (AIM:AMBR) announces today that it 
has established Ambrian Resources AG, a private equity business, in partnership 
with a team of three former executives from Glencore.  Ambrian Resources, based 
in Switzerland, will be focused on arranging and managing, on behalf of investor 
syndicates, strategic investments in the mining and metals sector globally. 
Ambrian Resources will be majority owned by Ambrian Capital. 
 
The partners in this new venture are: Nicolas Rouveyre, a former Head of the 
Zinc and Lead Division at Glencore and at Marc Rich + Co; Jean-Pierre Conrad, 
most recently with Nage Resources AG was Chief Financial Officer of the Xstrata 
Group between 1994 and 2001, and prior to that was an executive at Glencore; and 
Kilian Carrarini, who also joins from Nage Resources AG and was a former member 
of the Corporate Finance team at Glencore and MFC Bancorp. 
 
"We are delighted that such a strong team of individuals is joining Ambrian," 
said Tom Gaffney, Chief Executive of Ambrian Capital.  "Nicolas, Jean-Pierre and 
Kilian have extensive experience in mining and metals markets, not only in the 
marketing of raw materials but as deal doers who have structured complex 
transactions that bring together principal investing, metals marketing and 
logistics as well as hedging skills which are all core to Ambrian's existing 
areas of expertise." 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
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| Ambrian Capital plc    |                        | 
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| Tom Gaffney, Chief     | + 44 (0)20 7634 4700   | 
| Executive              |                        | 
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| M:Communications       |                        | 
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| Charlotte Kirkham /    | + 44 (0)20 7920 2331 / | 
| Ben Simons             | 2430                   | 
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Notes to Editors: 
 
Ambrian Capital plc 
Ambrian Capital plc (AIM: AMBR) is the holding company of Ambrian Partners 
Limited, Ambrian Commodities Limited and Ambrian Metals Limited. 
 
Ambrian Partners Limited is a specialist investment bank known in the market 
today for its leading positions in the mining & metals, oil & gas and cleantech 
sectors.  It provides corporate finance advice, equity research, sales and 
trading and market making services.  Ambrian Partners has been ranked first in 
the AIM Basic Materials Sector in the Hemscott Advisers Rankings and was voted 
No 1 for small and mid-cap mining in the Extel Survey of fund managers in 2009. 
Ambrian Partners is a member of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and 
regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 
 
Ambrian Commodities Limited is a trader and broker specialising in London Metals 
Exchange cleared base metals futures and options. Its customers include metals 
producers, consumers, merchants, traders and financial investors. Ambrian 
Commodities is an Associate Broker Member of the London Metal Exchange and is 
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 
 
Ambrian Metals Limited is an independent physical metals merchant with 
particular strengths in copper, aluminium and lead. Through Ambrian Metals' 
offices in London and Shanghai and agents in Calcutta, New York, Santiago, São 
Paulo, Seoul and Tokyo, it sources non-ferrous metals from producers for 
distribution to an international client base of metals consumers and merchants. 
 
Further information on Ambrian Capital is available on the Company's website: 
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