Directorate change

Shanta Gold Limited
                          ("Shanta" or the "Company")

                               Directorate Change

                                11 November 2010

Shanta  Gold Limited is  pleased to announce  the appointment of  Mr. Paul David
Heber, aged 47, as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Paul  Heber is  an investment  manager and  stockbroker with  more than 20 years
experience  in  global  stock  markets,  following  3 years in the oil industry.
Formerly  with SGHambros, Nat West and WI  Carr, he is now with bespoke boutique
Savoy  Investment Management, regulated by both the FSA in London and the FSB in
Johannesburg.  He has a  broad pan-African clientele  alongside his domestic UK,
European and Bermudian business.

Paul  David Heber  is currently  a director  of LonZim  PLC and Savoy Investment
Management  Limited. He has no previous directorships or partnerships within the
past 5 years.

Mr  Heber holds 41,600 Ordinary Shares  in Shanta which represents approximately
0.02 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

For further information:-

Shanta Gold Limited


http://www.shantagold.com

Walton Imrie
Mobile: [phone]

Walter Vorwerk
Mobile: [phone]

Fairfax I.S. PLC
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Ewan Leggat / Laura Littley
[phone]



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