Total Voting Rights

Immediate Release 4 September 2008


GULFSANDS PETROLEUM PLC (the 'Company')

Total Voting Rights


For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules, the Company  notifies the market  that as at  the
date  of  this  announcement,  the  Company's  issued  share  capital
consists of  117,647,500  ordinary shares  with  a nominal  value  of
5.7142865 pence  each ('Ordinary  Shares'), with  voting rights.  The
Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

The above  figure  of 117,647,500  Ordinary  Shares may  be  used  by
shareholders in the Company as  the denominator for the  calculations
by which they  will determine if  they are required  to notify  their
interest in, or a change in  their interest in, the share capital  of
the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:


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| Gulfsands Petroleum (London)                    | 020-7182-4016   |
| Kenneth   Judge,    Director    of    Corporate | 07733-001-002   |
| Development                                     |                 |
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| RBC Capital Markets                             | 020 7653 4667   |
| Andrew Smith, Sarah Wharry                      |                 |
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| Buchanan Communication                          | 020 7466 5000   |
| Bobby Morse, Ben Willey                         |                 |
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| Hamilton Resource Group                         | [phone] |
| John Bey                                        |                 |
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