Result of EGM

Gulfsands Petroleum PLC
23 July 2007

Extraordinary General Meeting


London, 23rd July, 2007: Gulfsands Petroleum plc ('Gulfsands', the 'Group' or
the 'Company' - AIM: GPX) the oil and gas production, exploration and
development company with activities in the U.S.A., Syria and Iraq is pleased to
report that at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today at
11am the one special resolution put to shareholders at the meeting and outlined
in the notice of the meeting dated 29 June 2007, was duly passed.


For further information, please refer to the Company's website www.gulfsands.net
or contact:


Gulfsands Petroleum (Houston)                                + 1-713-626-9564
John Dorrier, Chief Executive Officer
David DeCort, Chief Financial Officer

Gulfsands Petroleum (London)                                 020-7182-4016
Kenneth Judge, Director of Corporate Development             07733-001-002

College Hill (London)                                        020-7457-2020
Nick Elwes
Paddy Blewer

Teather & Greenwood (London)                                 020-7426-9000
Tom Hulme (Corporate Finance)
Tanya Clarke (Specialist Sales)


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