Conroy Appoints Seamus FitzPatrick as Deputy Ch...

7 February 2013                                

                                                                               
                     Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc                     

                          ("Conroy" or "the Company")                          

             Conroy Appoints Seamus FitzPatrick as Deputy Chairman             

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc (AIM:CGNR; ESM:CGNR.I), the gold
exploration and development company developing a gold mine at Clontibret in Co.
Monaghan, Ireland, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Seamus
FitzPatrick as Deputy Chairman (Non-executive).

Mr FitzPatrick, who has been a Non-Executive Director of Conroy for the past
five years, has worked in both corporate finance and private equity in London
and New York with Morgan Stanley International, J.P. Morgan Capital Partners
and Bankers' Trust. In 1999 he co-founded CapVest Associates LLP, which has
raised funds in excess of £2.0 billion. He is chairman of the Mater Private
Hospital and Valeo Foods Limited, and is a board member of Reno Norden AB. He
is also a member of the board of Karelian Diamond Resources plc.

Conroy has under licence the entire thirty mile gold trend which it has
discovered in the Longford-Down Massif in Ireland and has discovered a series
of significant gold targets along the trend. Scoping studies have been
completed by independent consultants Tetra Tech WEI Inc. on Clontibret with
positive technical and financial results. Recent metallurgical studies by
Goldfields on behalf of the Company have shown 90% gold recovery in flotation
tests.

Commenting today, Chairman, Professor Richard Conroy said:

"Mr Seamus FitzPatrick, with his business ability and wide ranging experience
in corporate and financial matters, has already played a major role in the
ongoing success and development of the Company. I am delighted that he has
agreed to become Deputy Chairman.I look forward to his advice and support over
the coming years as the Company moves from exploration to production."

For further information please contact:

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc                    Tel: [phone]
Professor Richard Conroy, Chairman                                             
                                                                               
Merchant Securities Limited (Nomad)                      Tel: [phone]
Simon Clements/Virginia Bull                                                   
                                                                               
Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker)                              Tel: [phone]  
Claire Noyce/Deepak Reddy                                                      
                                                                               
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited (Joint Broker)        Tel: [phone] 
Jerry Keen/Bidhi Bhoma/Toby Gibbs                                              
                                                                               
IBI Corporate Finance Limited (ESM Adviser)              Tel: [phone]
Brian Farrell                                                                  
                                                                               
Lothbury Financial Services Limited                      Tel: [phone] 
Michael Padley/Michael Spriggs                                                 
                                                                               
Hall Communications                                      Tel: [phone]
Don Hall                                                                       

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