Board Appointment

Ovoca Resources PLC                                                                      
30 September 2005



                   Ovoca Gold plc ('Ovoca' or the 'Company')

                   Mr. Danesh Varma joins Board of Directors



Ovoca Gold plc the AIM (OVG.L in London) and IEX (OVX.I in Dublin) listed Gold
and Platinum Exploration Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
Danesh Varma to Ovoca's Board of Directors, as Finance Director, with effective
from yesterday, 29 September 2005.



Mr. Varma has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past 5
years, all of which are still current:

Anglesea Mining plc.                           Beer & Partners Limited

Energy Finance (UK) Ltd                        Dundee Bancorp Ltd

ABC Legal Services Ltd                         Kennaco Cousins & Associates Ltd

Juno Ltd                                       American Resource Corporation Ltd

Reid Family Holdings Inc                       Brook Technologies Inc

E.H. Holdings Ltd                              Brook Ltd

Canadian Corporate Services (International) 
Ltd                                            Atlantic & Pacific Services Ltd



There are no details specified by Schedule 2 (g) iii-viii of the AIM Rules and
the IEX Rules to be disclosed by Mr. Varma.


Mr Varma directly holds 100,000 shares in Ovoca representing 0.09% of Ovoca's
issued share capital. Mr Varma is a significant shareholder in Juno Limited,
which holds 1,343,700 shares in Ovoca representing 1.19% of Ovoca's issued share
capital.


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