Consultancy Appointment

Ovoca Gold PLC
30 May 2007


                                                                    NEWS RELEASE

                                                                    30 May 2007



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

Appointment of Scott Wilson Mining Ltd. to produce a Bankable Feasibility study
                           for its Goltsovoye Project



Ovoca Gold Plc (AIM: OVG; IEX: OVX) is pleased to announce that Scott Wilson
Mining Limited (SWM) London has been appointed as lead consultants to produce
the Bankable Feasibility Study ('BFS') for Ovoca's flagship Goltsovoye Silver
Deposit in the Magadan Province of Russia.

The BFS will be completed before the end of the year. Since the completion of
the Wardell Armstrong report, Phase 1 of the Bankable Feasibility Study,
engineering design and testwork has continued on mining, metallurgy,
infrastructure and tailings disposal.   This, together with site works which
were commenced after the winter, and will continue through the summer, will
allow the Company to meet its original construction and production timetable.

Recent liberalization in Russian legislation allowing treatment of precious
metal concentrates outside Russia have simplified the flow sheet to a gravity
and flotation circuit.

Leonid Skoptsov, Chief Executive Officer of Ovoca, commented: 'The commissioning
of Scott Wilson is another milestone achieved towards the completion of the
Goltsovoye Silver mine. The work undertaken since the completion of the Phase
One Bankable Feasibility Study in February 2007 has advanced the project
significantly in terms of proposed mining and processing methods.  The project
is on track to commence mining in the first quarter of 2009.  As this date
approaches, road access upgrade work and the purchase and moving to site of some
heavy equipment and  fuel storage tanks is underway. Other critical site
activities are ongoing throughout the summer and will be reported as these
developments occur.'


The following is a list of all of consultants involved in the Bankable Feasibility Study:

Consultant                                   Function
Scott Wilson Mining                          Project Manager
                                             Resources
                                             Mining
                                             Infrastructure
                                             Tailings Disposal, Hydrology, Geotechnical
                                             Financial and Marketing

GBM Minerals Engineering                     Process plant Design
Consultants
Wardell Armstrong International              Environmental baseline and Impact



Ovoca Gold Plc is an international exploration company quoted in London (OVG.L)
 and Dublin (OVX.IR), exploring for precious and base metals in Russia, Sweden
                                  and Ireland


For further information please visit www.ovocagold.com or contact:

Simon Beardsmore, Commercial Manager - Ovoca Gold Plc  John O'Connor - CFO - Ovoca Gold Plc
Tel: [phone]                               Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]                  Email: [e-mail]

John Frain - Davy                                      Nick Bias / Alex Buck - Buck Bias (UK PR)
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