Directorate& Director Options

Ovoca Resources PLC
11 May 2005

                 Ovoca Resources plc ("Ovoca or the "Company")

                           Director appointments and

                         Award of options to directors





Director appointments

On 10 May 2005, Mr. Roger Turner and Dr. Barrie Oakes were co-opted to the board
of the Company following completion of the acquisition of a 78 percent interest
in the issued share capital of Norplat Limited ("Norplat").



Mr. Turner has not held at any time in the previous five years and does not
currently hold any directorships in public limited companies save as listed
below.


Current                         Previous
Minco plc                       Oxus Gold plc

                                Angus & Ross plc



There are no details specified by schedule 2 paragraph (f) of the IEX Rules to
be disclosed in relation to Mr. Turner.  Mr. Turner's shareholding (including
interests of connected parties) is 2,864,438 ordinary shares of €0.025 each,
representing 3.1% of the total issued share capital of the Company as enlarged
following the acquisition of Norplat.   On 10 May 2005 Mr. Turner was awarded
options over 425,000 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company which
are exercisable at €0.11 up to May 2015.



Dr. Oakes has not held at any time in the previous five years and does not
currently hold any directorships in any other company and there are no details
specified by schedule 2 paragraph (f) of the IEX Rules to be disclosed in
relation to Dr. Oakes.  Dr. Oakes' shareholding  (including interests of
connected parties) is 3,719,889 ordinary shares of €0.025 each, representing 4%
of the total issued share capital of the Company as enlarged following the
acquisition of Norplat.  On 10 May 2005 Dr. Oakes was awarded options over
425,000 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company which are
exercisable at €0.11 up to May 2015.



Mr. Turner and Dr. Oakes have entered into an undertaking with the Company that
they will not sell or dispose of, or agree to sell or dispose of, any of their
shareholding in Ovoca for 12 months following the date of admission of their
ordinary shares to trading on the IEX (which is expected to occur by 16 May
2005).



Grant of options to directors

In addition to the grant of options described above, on 10 May 2005 Mr. Richard
O Shea, Mr. John O Connor and Mr. Harry Dobson were each granted options over
250,000 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company which are
exercisable at €0.11 up to May 2015 and Mr. Paul Smithwick was granted options
over 100,000 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company which are
exercisable at €0.11 up to May 2015.



As at 11 May 2005 the directors of the Company hold the following options over
ordinary shares in the capital of the Company:


Director                           Total Options held at 11 May 2005
Roger Turner                                                 425,000
Barrie Oakes                                                 425,000
Richard O Shea                                               975,000
John O Connor                                                990,000
Harry Dobson                                               1,175,000
Paul Smithwick                                               990,000





Contact:



John O'Connor [phone]



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