Update

White Nile Limited
06 August 2007



         White Nile Ltd / Ticker: WNL / Index: AIM / Sector: Oil & Gas



6th August 2007

                 White Nile Ltd ('White Nile' or 'the Company')
                            Update on Southern Sudan



Further to the announcement made on 6 July 2007, the Directors of White Nile
Ltd, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration company, report that they have
recently returned from Southern Sudan. Discussions are on-going regarding Block
Ba and the Company will report to the market when these are concluded.



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Phil Edmonds        White Nile Ltd                    Tel: [phone]
Jonathan Wright     Seymour Pierce Ltd                Tel: [phone]
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