Centerra Agrees to Extend Deadline for Kumtor Agreements

Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) announced today that at the request of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, Centerra and Cameco Corporation ("Cameco") have agreed to extend from April 30 until June 1, 2008, the deadline for completion of the transactions contemplated by the framework agreements entered into on August 30, 2007 between Centerra and Cameco and the Government. In its request the Government stated that the work of the interdepartmental (Government) working group established to review issues relating to the Kumtor project had taken longer than expected. Between April 23 and 26, 2008, Centerra management met with the working group to discuss the working group's proposals with respect to the terms governing the project. The Prime Minister informed Centerra management that he expects Parliament will convene on May 29, 2008 and will consider agreements governing the project. Centerra and Cameco have communicated to the Government their expectations that the transactions be completed on the terms of the existing framework agreements. The Company expects to have further discussions with the Government and the working group before agreements are submitted to Parliament for ratification.

About Centerra

Centerra is a growth-oriented, gold Company focused on acquiring, exploring, developing and operating gold properties primarily in Central Asia, the former Soviet Union and other emerging markets worldwide. Centerra is a leading North American-based gold producer and the largest Western-based gold producer in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union. Centerra's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CG. The Company is based in Toronto, Canada.

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Although the forward-looking information in this news release reflects Centerra's current beliefs on the date of this news release is based upon information currently available to management and based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, Centerra cannot be certain that actual results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities, either expressed or implied, will be consistent with such forward-looking information. By its very nature, forward-looking information necessarily involves significant known and unknown risks, assumptions, uncertainties and contingencies that may cause Centerra's actual results, assumptions, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities in future periods to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks relating to gold prices, replacement of reserves, reduction in reserves related to geotechnical risks, ground movements, political risk, nationalization risk, changes in laws and regulations, civil unrest, labour unrest, legal compliance costs, reserve and resource estimates, production estimates, exploration and development activities, competition, operational risks, environmental, heath and safety risks, costs associated with reclamation and decommissioning, defects in title, seismic activity, cost and availability of labour, material and supplies, increases in production and capital costs, permitting and construction to raise the tailings dam height and increase the capacity of the existing Kumtor tailing dam, illegal mining, enforcement of legal rights, decommissioning and reclamation cost estimates, future financing and personnel. There may be other factors that cause results, assumptions, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities in future periods not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. See "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recently filed Annual Information Form and Management's Discussion and Analysis available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com .