Talvivaara Mining Company Plc : Publication of the Prospectus relating to the Rights Offering of Talvivaara

Stock Exchange Release
Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
13 March 2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS AND INVESTORS SHOULD
NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SHARES OR SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS
WHICH, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL FROM THE FINNISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY, IS
EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED BY TALVIVAARA IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING. COPIES
OF THE PROSPECTUS WILL, FOLLOWING PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION, BE AVAILABLE
FROM TALVIVAARA'S REGISTERED OFFICE.


Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
Publication of the Prospectus relating to the Rights Offering of Talvivaara


Talvivaara Mining Company Plc (the "Company" or "Talvivaara") will publish the
prospectus related to the rights offering of 1,633,857,840 new shares in the
Company (the "Offering") today. The prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial
Supervisory Authority will be available on Talvivaara's website
www.talvivaara.com as of today and, on or about 14 March 2013, at the
subscription places for the Offering. The English language version of the
prospectus passported to the United Kingdom will be uploaded to the National
Storage Mechanism and is expected to be available for inspection at
www.hemscott.com/nsm later today.

The terms and conditions of the Offering were published in a separate stock
exchange release on 8 March 2013.



Enquiries

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc Tel +358 20 7129 800

Pekka Perä, Chief Executive Officer

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.

DISCLAIMER
This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should
not subscribe for or purchase any shares or securities referred to in this
announcement except on the basis of information in the applicable prospectus
which, subject to approval from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority,
which are expected to be published by Talvivaara in connection with the
Offering. Copies of the prospectus will, following publication and distribution,
be available from Talvivaara's registered office. Nothing in this announcement
should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Offering.

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution,
directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong
Kong, South Africa or Japan. These written materials do not constitute an offer
of securities for sale in the United States, nor may the securities be offered
or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from
registration as provided in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder. There is no intention to register any portion
of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of
securities in the United States.

The issue, exercise or sale of securities in the offering are subject to
specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. None of
Talvivaara J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Merrill Lynch
International, BNP PARIBAS and Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch assume any
responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such
restrictions.

The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities
referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Investors must
neither accept any offer for, nor acquire, any securities to which this
announcement refers, unless they do so on the basis of the information contained
in the applicable Prospectus published or distributed by Talvivaara.

Talvivaara has not authorised any offer to the public of securities in any
Member State of the European Economic Area other than Finland and the United
Kingdom. With respect to each Member State of the European Economic Area other
than Finland and the United Kingdom and which has implemented the Prospectus
Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State"), no action has been undertaken or
will be undertaken to make an offer to the public of securities requiring
publication of a prospectus in any Relevant Member State. As a result, the
securities may only be offered in Relevant Member States (a) to any legal entity
which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; or (b) in
any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the expression an "offer of securities to
the public" means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient
information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to
enable an investor to decide to exercise, purchase or subscribe the securities,
as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the
Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression "Prospectus
Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the
2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member
State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member
State and the expression "2010 PD Amending Directive" means Directive
2010/73/EU.

No statement in this announcement is intended as a profit forecast or a profit
estimate and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean
that earnings per share for the current or future financial years would
necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share. Prices
and values of, and income from, shares may go down as well as up and an investor
may not get back the amount invested. It should be noted that past performance
is no guide to future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an
independent financial adviser.

J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as sole sponsor for
Talvivaara and no one else in connection with the Offering and will not regard
any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client
in relation to the Offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Talvivaara for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for giving
advice in connection with the Offering, the contents of this announcement and
the accompanying documents or any other transaction, arrangement or matter
referred to herein or therein.

Each of Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Merrill Lynch International, BNP PARIBAS and
Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch is acting exclusively for Talvivaara and for no
one else in connection with the Offering and will not regard any other person
(whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client in relation to the
Offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than Talvivaara for
providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing
advice in connection with the Offering or any other transaction, arrangement or
matter referred to herein.

This announcement should not be considered a recommendation by any of J.P.
Morgan Securities plc, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Merrill Lynch International, BNP
PARIBAS or Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch or any of their respective directors,
officers, employees, advisers or any of their respective affiliates in relation
to any purchase of or subscription for securities.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given by or on behalf of
any of J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Merrill Lynch
International, BNP PARIBAS or Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or any of their respective
affiliates or any other person as to the accuracy, fairness, sufficiency or
completeness of the information or the opinions or the beliefs contained in this
announcement (or any part hereof).

None of the information contained in this announcement has been independently
verified or approved by any of J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Nordea Bank Finland
Plc, Merrill Lynch International, BNP PARIBAS or Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch
or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or any of
their respective affiliates. Save in the case of fraud, no liability is accepted
by any of J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Merrill Lynch
International, BNP PARIBAS or Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or any of their respective
affiliates for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in such information or
opinions or for any loss, cost or damage suffered or incurred howsoever arising,
directly or indirectly, from any use of this announcement or its contents or
otherwise in connection with this announcement.

No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any
representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if given or
made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having been
authorised by Talvivaara, any of J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Nordea Bank Finland
Plc, Merrill Lynch International, BNP PARIBAS or Danske Bank A/S Helsinki Branch
or any other person. Subject to applicable rules and regulations, the issue of
this announcement shall not, in any circumstances, create any implication that
there has been no change in the affairs of Talvivaara and its group since the
date of this announcement or that the information in it is correct as at any
subsequent date.

This communication is directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United
Kingdom or (ii) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to
investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") and (iii) high net worth
entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling
within Article 49(2) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to
as "relevant persons"). Any investment activity to which this communication
relates will only be available to and will only be engaged with, relevant
persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this
announcement or any of its contents.






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