Holding(s) in Company

TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares

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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |                      |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to    |    Greatland Gold    |
| which voting rights are attached:          |       Plc            |
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| 2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the        |      |
| appropriate box or boxes)                                  |      |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                | Yes  |
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which  |      |
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to  |      |
| which voting rights are attached                           |      |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights           |      |
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| Other (please specify):                                    |      |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the   | Barclays PLC         |
| notification obligation:                   |                      |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if         |                      |
| different from 3.):                        |                      |
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on    |                      |
| which the threshold is crossed or reached  | 27-Oct-09            |
| if different):                             |                      |
|--------------------------------------------+----------------------|
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:          | 28-Oct-09            |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or     | Below notifiable %   |
| reached:                                   | to 5%                |
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| 8. Notified details:                       |                  |   |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                             |
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|Class/type of    |Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|shares           |Triggering transaction   |                                                    |
| if possible     |-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|using the ISIN   |Number of   |Number of   |Number of  |Number of voting   |% of voting rights  |
|CODE             |Shares      |Voting      |shares     |rights             |                    |
|                 |            |Rights      |-----------+-------------------+--------------------|
|                 |            |            |Direct     |Direct |Indirect   |Direct   |Indirect  |
|-----------------+------------+------------+-----------+-------+-----------+---------+----------|
| GB00B15XDH89    |Not         |Not         |12,625,885 |0      |12,625,885 |0.00     |5.27      |
|                 |Reportable  |Reportable  |           |       |           |         |          |
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| B: Financial Instruments                                          |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction              |
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| Type of    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of       | % of   |
| financial  | date       | Conversion   | voting rights   | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date | that may be     | rights |
|            |            |              | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              | instrument is   |        |
|            |            |              | exercised/      |        |
|            |            |              | converted.      |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
|            |            |              |                 |        |
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying    |
|Financial Instruments                                                  |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                   |
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|Type of     |Exercise |Expiration |Exercise/  |Number of      |% of    |
|financial   |price    |date       |Conversion |voting rights  |voting  |
|instrument  |         |           |period     |instrument     |rights  |
|            |         |           |           |refers to      |        |
|            |         |           |           |               |        |
|------------+---------+-----------+-----------+---------------+--------|
|            |         |           |           |               |    |   |
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| Total (A+B+C)                                |
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| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 12,625,885              | 5.27               |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if  |
| applicable:                                                       |
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| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                         |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                 |   |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  |   |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting      |   |
| rights:                                                       |   |
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| 13. Additional information:   |   |
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| 14. Contact name:             |   |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |   |
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