Holding(s) in Company

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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)                             |
+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
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+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |                                |
|issuer                                       | Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd Ord  |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are|    USD0.01 (SEDOL B24FXV6)     |
|attached:(ii)                                |                                |
+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            |      |
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|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which   |      |
|may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting |      |
|rights are attached                                                    |      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------+
|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect |      |
|to qualifying financial instruments                                    |      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------+
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                       |      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------+
|Other (please specify):| Change of clients compliance category         |  X   |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------------------+------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |  Cazenove Capital Management Limited  |
|notification obligation:(iii)         |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |                  N/A                  |
| (if different from 3.):(iv)          |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |               24/08/10                |
|reached:(v)                           |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |               25/08/10                |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|                  5%                   |
|reached:(vi, vii)                     |                                       |
+-----------------------+--------------++-----+-------------------------+------+




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|8. Notified details:                                                            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)                                  |
+------------+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous   |Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|of          |to the triggering    |transaction                                  |
|shares      |transaction          |                                             |
|            +---------+-----------+------------+----------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number   |Number     |Number      |Number of voting|% of  voting   |
|using       |of       |of         |of shares   |rights          |rights (x)     |
|the ISIN    |  ares   |Vo ing     +------------+------+---------+------+--------+
|CODE        |         |Rights     |Direct      |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|            |         |           |            |(xi)  |(xii)    |      |        |
+------------+---------+-----------+------------+------+---------+------+--------+
|VGG203461055|         |           |            |      |         |      |        |
+------------+5,917,096|5,917,096  |7,094,432   |      |7,094,432|      |5.28%   |
|Ordinary    |         |           |            |      |         |      |        |
+------------+---------+-----------+------------+------+---------+------+--------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                             |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            |
+--------------+----------+----------------------+-----------------+-------------+
|Type of       |Expiration|Exercise/             |Number of voting |% of voting  |
|financial     |date(xiii)|Conversion Period(xiv)|rights that may  |rights       |
|instrument    |          |                      |be               |             |
|              |          |                      |acquired if the  |             |
|              |          |                      |instrument is    |             |
|              |          |                      |exercised/       |             |
|              |          |                      |converted.       |             |
+--------------+----------+----------------------+-----------------+-------------+
|N/A           |N/A       |N/A                   |N/A              |N/A          |
+--------------+----------+----------------------+-----------------+-------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial   |
|Instruments (xv, xvi)                                                           |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            |
+-------------+--------+----------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|Type of      |Exercise|Expiration|Exercise/    |Number of voting |% of voting   |
|financial    |price   |date      |Conversion   |rights instrument|rights (xix,  |
|instrument   |        |(xvii)    |period(xviii)|refers to        |xx)           |
|             |        |          |             |                 |              |
+-------------+--------+----------+-------------+-----------------+-------+------+
|             |        |          |             |N/A              |Nominal|Delta |
|N/A          |N/A     |N/A       |N/A          |                 +-------+------+
|             |        |          |             |                 |N/A    |N/A   |
+-------------+--------+----------+-------------+-----------------+-------+------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                   |
+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights            |Percentage of voting rights                 |
+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|7,094,432                          |5.28%                                       |
+------------+++-------+--+-------+++-----------++-----+---------+++----+-+------+




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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or|
|the                                                                       |
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:(xxi)           |
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|                                                                          |
|N/A                                                                       |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |          N/A           |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                        |
|cease                                            |          N/A           |
|to hold:                                         |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold|          N/A           |
|voting rights:                                   |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+

+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|                             |                                            |
|13. Additional information:  |                    N/A                     |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |                    N/A                     |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|                    N/A                     |
+-----------------------------+-------------------+------------------------+



 Further information about the Company:

  Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd               [phone]
 c/o Central Asia Services Ltd             [e-mail]
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 Westhouse Securities Limited             [phone]

 Tim Feather                               [e-mail]
 Richard Baty                              [e-mail]

 Smith's Corporate Advisory               [phone]

 Dominic Palmer-Tomkinson                 [e-mail]

 Conduit PR                               [phone]

 Jos Simson                                [e-mail]
 Emily Fenton                              [e-mail]




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