AGM Statement

Persian Gold PLC 23 August 2007 Highlights of the Chairman's Statement Persian Gold AGM Acquisition of 2 new projects London 23 August, 2007 I am pleased to announce today an expansion of our activities in Iran. We have acquired two additional gold projects. • Dalli - an advanced stage gold/copper porphyry which will be drilled in the coming weeks. • Dustbiglu - a very large silica clay alunite anomaly, where initial sampling indicates the presence of gold. Meanwhile we are progressing on our two current gold projects: Chah-e-Zard and Takestan. At Chah-e-Zard, in central Iran, a second phase exploration programme is about to commence. The Southern gold zone will be trenched and drilled with the objective of defining a near surface oxide gold resource. We will build on the positive results of the first phase programme, where 13 of the 16 drill holes contained gold. Persian Gold has an option to acquire 70% of this project. At our wholly owned Takestan project we await environmental permits to trench and drill the Twin Hill area located close to the city of Qazvin. Dalli, located 200kms south west of Tehran, consists of two copper-gold anomalies 1.7km apart. The southern hill has dimensions of 150 x 300 metres and the northern hill 400 x 500 metres. A detailed sampling programme discovered strong surface gold and copper grades. The property has never been drilled. Persian Gold has an option to acquire 70% of the property. We intend to start a drilling programme as soon as possible. Dustbiglu, lies 400kms northwest of Tehran. Persian Gold has identified a large area, covering 10 kilometres of altered silica clay alunite volcanics. Once the prospecting licences are finalised, Persian Gold will undertake detailed rock chip and trench sampling. In the meantime, all known geological and geochemical data in the area are being compiled and analysed. This is a wholly owned Persian Gold venture. Iran is a very large and highly prospective country which has been under explored for the past 30 years. Persian Gold is one of the few, if not the only, Western explorer currently operating in country. Our exploration is focussed on the volcanic belt running through Iran, from Turkey into Pakistan. Both Turkey and Pakistan have seen recent large gold discoveries in the volcanics. Persian Gold has early mover advantage in Iran. We see a constant flow of potential deals, and are constantly evaluating new additions to our portfolio. All resolutions were passed at the meeting. Persian Gold Plc John Teeling +353 1 833 2833 College Hill Paddy Blewer +44 (0) 20 7457 2020 Nick Elwes +44 (0) 20 7457 2020 Blue Oar Securities Plc John Wakefield +44 (0) 117 933 0020 Simon Moynagh www.persiangoldplc.com Notes to Editors: Persian Gold was formed in 2003 and listed on the AIM in June 2005. It has 600 shareholders, and is capitalised at £10m. The company was formed by John Teeling, an Irish mining entrepreneur, together with a group of European and Iranian investors. It was established to explore for gold in a silica clay alunite alteration zone in the Takestan area of north west Iran. Estimated reserves of alunite in this area are 1 billion tonnes. In recent years many of the largest gold discoveries in the world have been made in silica alunite rocks in the Andes. The Persian Gold strategy in Iran is to prospect for large South American style gold deposits in the Takestan silica alunite. The late stage Chah-e-Zard gold deposit, near Yazd, to the south of Tehran was optioned in 2005. Strong sampling results led to a drilling programme which discovered gold in 13 of 16 holes including the southern zone containing holes with commercial gold grades over significant lengths. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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