Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the
 annex

 For filings with issuer exclude the
 annex


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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |                                |
|issuer                                       |       Greatland Gold plc       |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are|                                |
|attached:                                    |                                |
+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          |        |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|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                     |  Yes   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|Other (please specify):                                              |        |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------------+--------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |             Barclays Plc              |
|notification obligation:              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |                                       |
|(if different from 3.):               |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |              27/05/2010               |
|reached:                              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |              28/05/2010               |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|      Below reportable threshold       |
|reached:                              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                              |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                               |
+------------+----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous    |Resulting situation after the triggering      |
|of          |to the triggering     |transaction                                   |
|shares      |transaction           |                                              |
|            +----------+-----------+----------+---------------+-------------------+
|if possible |Number    |Number     |Number    |Number of      |% of  voting rights|
|using       |of        |of         |of shares |voting         |                   |
|the ISIN    |Shares    |Voting     |          |rights         |                   |
|CODE        |          |R ghts     +----------+------+--------+----------+--------+
|            |          |           |Direct    |Direct|Indirect|Direct    |Indirect|
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+------+--------+----------+--------+
|            |          |           |          |      |        |          |        |
|            |13,727,745|13,727,745 |  Below   |      |        |  Below   |        |
|GB00B15XDH89|          |           |reportable|      |        |reportable|        |
|            |          |           |threshold |      |        |threshold |        |
|            |          |           |          |      |        |          |        |
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+------+--------+----------+--------+

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

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial     |
|Instruments                                                                       |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+----------------+------------------+
|Type of      |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/  |Number of voting|% of voting rights|
|financial    |price    |date      |Conversion |rights          |                  |
|instrument   |         |          |period     |instrument      |                  |
|             |         |          |           |refers to       |                  |
|             |         |          |           |                |                  |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+----------------+----------+-------+
|             |         |          |           |                |Nominal   |Delta  |
|             |         |          |           |                +----------+-------+
|             |         |          |           |                |          |       |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+----------------+----------+-------+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights             |Percentage of voting rights                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Below reportable threshold          |Below reportable threshold                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or|
|the                                                                       |
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                        |
|cease                                            |                        |
|to hold:                                         |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold|                        |
|voting rights:                                   |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+

+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|                             |                                            |
|13. Additional information:  |                                            |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |                James Gibson                |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|               0207 116 7308                |
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