Kenya Operations Update

Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration
                                 23 August 2010
                   Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')
                            Kenya Operations Update

Goldplat  plc,  the  AIM  quoted  gold  producer,  is  pleased to announce that,
following  the conditional approval of the  Mining Lease for its Kilimapesa Hill
gold   mining   project   ('Kilimapesa')   as  announced  on  22 July  2010, the
Commissioner  of  Mines  and  Geology  of  the  Republic  of Kenya has given his
permission  for Kilimapesa Gold's  processing plant to  commence commercial gold
production,  while the Company awaits the finalisation of the mining lease.  The
underground  operations at Kilimapesa will be kept in abeyance until the routine
registration  process of  the cadastral  survey submission  with the Director of
Survey is completed.

Work  on recommissioning the processing plant has already started and Goldplat's
management  expect that it will be at a full processing capacity of 1,000 tonnes
of  ore per month by early September 2010.  The existing stockpiles are expected
to provide enough mill feed until full underground operations resume.

Goldplat CEO Demetri Manolis said, "Naturally we are delighted that we have been
given  the green  light by  the Commissioner  of Mines  and Geology  in Kenya to
produce  gold commercially at  Kilimapesa.  Our near-term  objective remains the
establishment  of a profitable small mine producing circa 5,000-6,000 oz of gold
per year within 12 months of being issued the Mining Licence.

"Importantly  I would like to thank the  Ministry of Mines and Geology for their
assistance  with Kilimapesa  Gold, and  as a  Company, Goldplat  look forward to
working with them in developing Kenya's resource industry."
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Qualified Person

This  announcement has been reviewed by Mr. Mark Austin, the group geologist for
 Goldplat  who has  more than  25 years of  relevant experience  in the field of
Activity  concerned.  He is a  fellow of the Geological  Society of South Africa
 ('GSSA')  and has consented  to the inclusion  of the material  in the form and
 Context in which it appears.

For further information visit www.goldplat.com or contact:

Demetri  Manolis, CEO Goldplat plc                  Tel: [phone]

James Joyce           WH Ireland Limited            Tel: [phone]

Felicity Edwards      St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: [phone]


Notes
Goldplat  plc is  an AIM-listed  gold producer  with operations  in Africa.  Its
strategy  is to consolidate its position as  a gold producer in Africa and build
itself into a highly profitable mid-tier gold company, leveraged through revenue
generated from its gold recovery businesses.

The  Company has two recovery businesses based in South Africa and Ghana, which,
by safely disposing mining by-products, fulfil an important aspect of the mines'
environmental  management programmes.  The  South African plant  is located near
the  centre of the East  Rand Goldfield and raw  material feedstocks are sourced
from  many  of  the  major  South  African mining companies, including Anglogold
Ashanti,  Goldfields, Harmony, DRD Gold and  other smaller producers.  The Ghana
plant,  located in the free port of  Tema, provides access to raw materials from
mines  in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote D'Ivorie, Senegal, the DRC and
Mauritania, as well as Ghana.

Goldplat's  strategy is to  build itself into  a highly profitable mid-tier gold
producer,  through the  acquisition of  known deposits  with targets  of between
200,000 and  one million  contained ounces.   Kilimapesa Gold  is a wholly owned
subsidiary  of  Goldplat  and  is  developing  the  potential  of  the 213 sq km
Lolgorien  licence area  located in  the historically  producing Migori Archaean
Greenstone  Belt in western Kenya.  Kilimapesa Gold commenced initial production
in  January  2009 and  an  aggressive  exploration and development programme has
resulted in a maiden JORC compliant resource being reported in October 2009.  In
December 2009 Goldplat plc entered into an agreement with Sanu Exploration (BVI)
Limited ('Sanu'), a  wholly owned subsidiary  of NGEX Resources  Inc, to acquire
Sanu's option  over  the 246  sq  km Nyieme Gold  Project ('Nyieme') located  in
Burkina  Faso. The Nyieme  exploration licence  includes known high-grade quartz
vein  structures, with drill core results showing up  to 17.83 g/t gold over one
metre  and  11.67 g/t  over  five metres.  Goldplat  has  started a programme of
trenching  and diamond  drilling in  order to  prove up  and expand the existing
mineralisation.









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