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Goldplat plc/ Ticker: GDP/ Index: AIM/ Sector: Mining & Exploration

1 June 2017

Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')

Board Appointments

Goldplat plc, the AIM listed gold producer, is pleased to announce the Board
appointments of Sango Ntsaluba as Non-Executive Director and Werner
Klingenberg as Finance Director, both with immediate effect. Mr. Ntsaluba is
Chairman of Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Ltd and is a pre-eminent name in the
accountancy and auditing profession in South Africa. Having previously held
the position of Goldplat's Group Financial Manager, Mr. Klingenberg has a
solid knowledge and understanding of the Company's gold recovery and mining
operations. He takes over as Goldplat's Finance Director from Ian Visagie who
remains on the Board as an Executive Director, in which role the Board can
continue to draw upon his extensive experience as a founder of Goldplat,
Finance Director and previous acting CEO. Together they will be critical in
supporting the continued growth of Goldplat as it looks to build its
productivity and profitability.  This growth is mainly being driven through
the international expansion of the Company's gold recovery operations in South
Africa and Ghana and the construction of a new processing facility to increase
capacity at its gold mine in Kenya.

Mr. Ntsaluba is the executive chairman and co-founder of NMT Capital, a
diversified investment holding group. He has built an illustrious career
within South Africa, spanning over 30 years.  This includes successfully
founding Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo, one of South Africa's 'Big 5' accounting
firms.  Alongside a distinguished auditing career, Mr Ntsaluba has extensive
corporate experience in areas that include logistics and the automotive
industry. He currently serves as an independent board member of Barloworld
Limited, a leading global industrial company listed on the Johannesburg Stock
Exchange ("JSE"), with responsibility for chairing the group's audit
committee.   He also serves on the boards of Pioneer Foods, a producer and
distributor of a range of branded food and beverage products, as well as Basil
Read Holdings Limited, a diversified construction company. Both of these
companies are also listed on the JSE. Mr. Ntsaluba is the Chairman of the
board of Goldplat's subsidiary, Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Ltd. NMT Capital (Pty)
Limited, a company of which Mr. Ntsaluba is a director and shareholder, holds
a 26 per cent interest in Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Limited.

Having initially qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in South
Africa, Mr. Klingenberg has accrued significant commercial experience, both
within Southern Africa and at an international level.  His extensive
knowledge spans audit management, financial management and systems.  Having
initially worked within the telecommunications and retail industries, Mr.
Klingenberg joined Goldplat in 2015 as Group Financial Manager.  Within this
role he has been integral in managing Goldplat's financial affairs.  With a
proven knowledge and understanding of the Company's gold operations, he brings
a wealth of experience that makes him best placed to occupy the role of
Finance Director, as the Company continues to deliver on its strategy of
increasing productivity and profitability.

Matthew Robinson, Goldplat's Non-Executive Chairman, said, "I am delighted to
welcome Sango and Werner to the Board.  Their individual experience both at
the corporate and financial level will be invaluable to our Company as we
continue to deliver on our long-term growth strategy of increasing gold
productivity and profitability.  With the global expansion of our gold
recovery operations well underway and our strategy to increase processing
capacity at our Kilimapesa Gold Mine already showing value, I believe our
Company is entering a new phase of growth.  I look forward to working with
Sango and Werner, together with the rest of our board, as we look to build
sustainable growth and generate meaningful value for our shareholders."

Additional information on Mr Werner Klingenberg

Mr Werner Klingenberg, aged 35, currently holds or has held the following
directorships and partnerships over the last five years:

 Current directorships           Past directorships  
 Virtute Holdings (Pty) Limited  None                
 Kilimapesa Gold (Pty) Limited                       
 Gold Recovery Ghana Limited                         

Additional information on Mr Sango Ntsaluba

Mr Sango Siviwe Ntsaluba, aged 56, currently holds or has held the following
directorships and partnerships over the last five years:

 Current directorships and/or partnerships        Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years)  
 Pioneer Food Group Limited                       Nexus Connexion (SA) (Pty) Limited                                     
 Delivax (Pty) Limited                            Neotel (Pty) Limited                                                   
 Monetization Services (Pty) Limited              Amabubesi Project Management (Pty) Limited                             
 Victoria Engineering Works (Pty) Limited         Cross Atlantic Properties 155 (Pty) Limited                            
 Petrotank South Africa (Pty) Limited             Amabubesi Transfer Secretaries (Pty) Limited                           
 Tizabrite (Pty) Limited                          Amabubesi Health Care (Pty) Limited                                    
 AMEC Foster Wheeler South Africa (Pty) Limited   Utafutaji Trading 36 (Pty) Limited                                     
 Deal Commerce Capital (Pty) Limited              Amabubesi Technology Holdings (Pty) Limited                            
 Tsogo Sun Emonti (Pty) Limited                   Plenty Properties 114 (Pty) Limited                                    
 Friedshelf 1156 (Pty) Limited                    Consolidated African Technologies (Pty) Limited                        
 SN Leisure Investments (Pty) Limited             Amabubesi Media (Pty) Limited                                          
 Nexus OP Company (Pty) Limited                   Amabubesi Lakes Consortium (Pty) Limited                               
 Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Limited                  Amabubesi Construction                                                 
 WZ Capital (Pty) Limited                         Amabubesi Franchising Group (Pty) Limited                              
 Purple Fountain Properties 103 (Pty) Limited     Crystal Ball Properties 106 (Pty) Limited                              
 The Reef Group (Pty) Limited                     Amabubesi Nutritionals (Pty) Limited                                   
 Kumba Iron Ore Limited                           Amabubesi Strategic Investments (Pty) Limited                          
 Barloworld Limited                               Amabubesi Health Services (Pty) Limited                                
 Dartingo Trading 161 (Pty) Limited               Ctrack Fleet Management Solutions (Pty) Limited                        
 Clorpique 149 (Pty) Limited                      Isithsaba Mineral Resources (Pty) Limited                              
 Corpclo 1934 CC                                  Cross Atlantic Properties 154 (Pty) Limited                            
 Quick Leap Investments 429 (Pty) Limited         Amabubesi Panel Beaters (Pty) Limited                                  
 Amabubesi Properties (Pty) Limited               Amabubesi Financial Services Group (Pty) Limited                       
 Aquarella Investments 109 (Pty) Limited          Impetus Regulatory Consultants                                         
 AP Lion Investments (Pty) Limited                Amabubesi Capital Travelling (Pty) Limited                             
 Group Five AP Developments (Pty) Limited         Amabubesi Capital Technologies (Pty) Limited                           
 Reef Switchboard Manufacturers (Pty) Limited     Amabubesi Capital Information Services (Pty) Limited                   
 Amabubesi Property Holdings (Pty) Limited        Stallion Holdings (Pty) Limited                                        
 AP Lion Residential (Pty) Limited                Mamela Investments (Pty) Limited                                       
 8 Mile Investments 510 (Pty) Limited             Deal Commerce Services (Pty) Limited                                   
 Group Five AP Investments (Pty) Limited          Engski Manufacturing (Pty) Limited                                     
 RZT Zelpy 4971 (Pty) Limited                     Iskepe Logistics (Pty) Limited                                         
 Amabubesi Consulting Serivces (Pty) Limited      Edwil Property Solutions (Pty) Limited                                 
 Sigmax Investment Properties (Pty) Limited       Stallion Security Public Services (Pty) Limited                        
 Basil Read Holdings Limited                      C-Track (SA) (Pty) Limited                                             
 National Housing Finance Corporation Limited     Golden Rule Technology (Pty) Limited                                   
 Amabubesi Transport and Logistics (Pty) Limited  Amabubesi BSR Holdings (Pty) Limited                                   
 Chestnut Hill Investments 211 (Pty) Limited      Stallion Special Operations (Pty) Limited                              
 Amabubesi Information Services (Pty) Limited     UBank Limited                                                          
 Kgethego Property Investments (Pty) Limited      Gate Gourmet SA (Pty) Limited                                          
 Corpclo 1432                                     Digicore Holdings Limited                                              
 Melody Farm                                      Rainbow Place Properties 128 (Pty) Limited                             
 Ntsaluba                                         Continental Energy and Services (Pty) Limited                          
 ELCB Information Services (Pty) Limited          Amabubesi Financial Services Holdings (Pty) Limited                    
 NMT Capital (Pty) Limited                        Amabubesi Infrastructure (Pty) Limited                                 
 NMT Group (Pty) Limited                          Centric Consortium (Pty) Limited                                       
                                                  Amabubesi Auctions (Pty) Limited                                       

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to
Rule 17 or Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

**ENDS**

For further information visit www.goldplat.com or contact:

 Gerard Kisbey-Green           CEO Goldplat plc                           Tel: +27 (71) 8915775      
 Colin Aaronson/ Daniel Bush   Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100  
 Andre Raca/ Justin McKeegan   VSA Capital Limited (Broker)               Tel: +44 (0) 20 3005 5000  
 Charlotte Page/Susie Geliher  St Brides Partners (Financial PR)          Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177  

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