OREANDA-NEWS. September 16, 2011. Further to the announcement made on 11 April 2011, Polyus Gold International Limited (formerly KazakhGold Group Limited) (“PGIL”) announces that PGIL entered into a deed of amendment (the “RAPA Amendment”) to the Restated and Amended Principal Agreement dated 10 April 2011 for the sale of its operating subsidiaries and related matters (the “RAPA”) with AltynGroup Kazakhstan LLP (“AltynGroup”), a limited liability partnership controlled by members of the Assaubayev family, under which the parties have agreed to extend the date of the First Tranche Completion until 12 October 2011 and made a number of consequential changes to reflect a corresponding extension of other deadlines set forth in the RAPA and the irrevocable documentary stand-by letter of credit for USD 100,000,000 obtained by PGIL pursuant to the terms of the RAPA.