Directors' Shareholdings

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

                               14 September 2011

                            Directors' Shareholdings

Further  to the announcements on 31 January 2011 and 18 February 2011 (providing
for  certain Directors to acquire  existing ordinary shares in  the Company in a
Board  approved monthly purchase scheme), Shanta  Gold announces that a total of
66,500 ordinary shares were purchased today by certain Directors of the Company.


Further  details concerning the share purchases by certain Directors are set out
below:

Director       Number of shares                                   Resultant % of
                      purchased  Share price           Resultant    issued share
                                        paid        shareholding  capital of the
                                                                         Company


Walton Imrie             12,400        25.4p          10,117,203            3.82

Walter Vorwerk           12,400        25.4p             975,239            0.37

Gareth Taylor            37,000        25.4p             787,452            0.30

Paul Heber                4,700        25.4p              75,368            0.03



For further information, please contact:

 Shanta Gold Limited   Tel: [phone]
 Walter Vorwerk


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









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