OREANDA-NEWS. January 05, 2012. JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (Astana), whose shares are officially listed at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release of January 5, 2012:

JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("the Company" or "KMG EP") announces that pursuant to the Share Buy Back Programme commenced on 11 October, 2011, on 4 January 2012 the Company acquired 28 952  of its global depositary receipts ("GDRs")  (LSE:KMG) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of USD 14.97 per GDR.

Since the start of the Share Buy Back Programme, the Company has purchased in aggregate 1 331 662 GDRs and 3 831 ordinary shares.