OREANDA-NEWS. June 25, 2013. Polyus Gold International Limited (LSE – PGIL, OTC (US) – PLZLY, “PGIL”, “Polyus Gold” or the “Company”), the largest gold producer in Russia, notes its announced upcoming inclusion into the FTSE Gold Mines Index and the RogersTM-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index effective as of the market opening on 24 June 2013.

PGIL was admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List maintained by the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities on 19 June 2012. Polyus Gold is the largest London-listed gold producer by gold output, reserves and market capitalisation.

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The FTSE Gold Mines Index (ticker: FTMIGMI) encompasses all listed gold mining companies that have a sustainable and attributable gold production of at least 300,000 ounces a year, and that derive 51% or more of their revenue from mined gold, in addition to other criteria.

The Rogers™-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index (ticker: RVEI) is a modified capitalisation-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies engaged in the production of commodities. The RVEI contains stocks selected from a universe of over 1800 companies worldwide with a minimum market capitalisation of USD 500 million and average daily turnover in excess of USD 1 million, in addition to other criteria.