Foreign-owned gold miners with operations in Kyrgyzstan Thursday saw their shares tumble Thursday after a violent revolt ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyek and an interim government of opposition leaders took power.

The miners said their operations were in remote locations not affected by the political turmoil.

Canadian gold miner Centerra Gold Inc. (CG.T) said in a statement Thursday its Kumtor gold mine in the country's southeast continues to operate. Kumtor produced 511,092 troy ounces in 2009 worth $523.78 million and is one of central Asia's biggest foreign-owned gold mines.

Exploration operations at London-listed miner Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd.'s (CGH.LN) Chaarat gold project, said finance director Linda Naylor. "Our site is very remote. We're operating as normal."

Naylor said Chaarat doesn't expect any changes to its exploration license, which it has had since 2002.

At 1527 GMT, Centerra shares were down C$1.13, or 9.4%, at C$10.86. Chaarat was down 7p, or 13.3%, at 47 p at 1533 GMT.

Other mining companies active in Kyrgyzstan include Gold Fields (GFI.JO) and Orsu Metals Corp. (OSU.LN), which own the Talas copper-gold project through a joint venture.

-By Matthew Walls, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9412; matthew.walls@dowjones.com

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