Total voting rights

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited


                          ("Chaarat" or the "Company")

                     Total Voting Rights and Share Capital

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (2 August 2010)

Following  the  issue  by  Chaarat  of  11,928,222 ordinary shares of $0.01 each
("Shares")  on 28 July 2010, the Company advises that the total number of Shares
in  issue as at the date of this notice, is 134,473,900 with each Share carrying
the right to one vote.

There are no Shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 134,473,900.

The  above  figure  may  be  used  by  shareholders  as  the denominator for the
calculations  by which they will determine if  they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.


 Further information about the Company:

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

 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]


Note to Editors:

About Chaarat

Chaarat  is  an  exploration  and  development  company  operating in the Kyrgyz
Republic  with its  current main  activity being  the development of the Chaarat
Gold  Project. The Chaarat Gold Project is  situated within the Middle Tien Shan
Mountains  of Kyrgyzstan which form part of the Tien Shan gold belt. The Company
has  thus far  delineated a  JORC compliant  mineral resource  of 4.009 Moz at a
grade  of 4.14 g/t gold. A scoping study demonstrating the economic viability of
the  Chaarat  Gold  Project  was  completed  at  the end of 2008. The Company is
currently  in  the  process  of  compiling  a  pre-feasibility  study. Chaarat's
objective  is to become a low cost gold producer targeting an initial production
of over 200,000 ounces per annum by early 2013.


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