Total Voting Rights

Immediate Release 31 October 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 118,522,500 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 118,522,500 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:

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

RBC Capital Markets
             020 7653 4667
Andrew Smith, Sarah Wharry

Buchanan
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7466 5000
Bobby Morse, Ben Willey

Hamilton Resource
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2599
John Bey

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