Directors Dealings

RNS Number : 4246O

Shanta Gold Limited

19 September 2013

 



Shanta Gold Limited

("Shanta Gold" or the "Company")

Directors Dealings

Shanta Gold Limited, the East African focused gold producing company, has been informed of the following on market purchase of ordinary shares of 0.01 pence in the Company by a Director of the Company which occurred yesterday:

Director	Number of Ordinary Shares Acquired	Average Price of Ordinary Shares Acquired	Total Number of Ordinary Shares Held Following Transaction	% of Company's Issued Capital
Anthony Durrant	200,000	13.9 pence	300,000	0.06%

Additional the Company was informed of the following purchase of senior unsecured subordinated convertible loan notes due 2017 ("Notes") by a Strategic Adviser to the Board of the Company, which occurred yesterday:

Director	Number of Notes Acquired	Average Price of Notes Acquired	Total Number of Notes Held Following Transaction	Total Number of Ordinary Shares currently held	Total Number of Ordinary Shares held upon conversion of Notes (including Ordinary Shares currently held)
Jonathan Leslie	518,000	92.5 (par value of 100)	2,458,000	15,444,088	20,985,534

-ENDS-

Enquiries:

Shanta Gold Limited	Tel: [phone]
Mike Houston, CEO
Patrick Maseva-Shayawabaya, CFO
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Liberum Capital Limited	Tel: + 44 (0)20 3100 2000
Tom Fyson / Ryan De Franck
Financial Public Relations
FTI Consulting	Tel: [phone]
Oliver Winters / Sara Powell

About Shanta Gold Limited

Shanta Gold is an East African focused gold mining company. It currently has defined ore resources on the New Luika and Singida projects in Tanzania and holds exploration licences over a number of additional properties. The Company's flagship New Luika Gold Mine commenced production and achieved first gold pour in August 2012. The Company is admitted to trading on AIM and has approximately 462 million shares in issue.

For further information visit the Company's website: www.shantagold.com.

 

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