Directors' Shareholdings

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

14 March 2012

Directors' Shareholdings

Further to the announcements on 31 January 2011, 18 February 2011 and 13 October 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 20,762 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 purchased	Share price paid	Resultant shareholding	Resultant % of issued share capital of the Company
Walton Imrie	8,651	37p	10,093,775	3.72
Gareth Taylor	8,651	37p	864,024	0.32
Paul Heber	3,460	37p	269,946	0.10

Enquiries:

Shanta Gold Limited
Walton Imrie
Mobile: [phone]

Fairfax I.S. PLC
Nomad & Broker
Ewan Leggat/Laura Littley
[phone]

Financial Relations
Tavistock Communications
Emily Fenton/Ed Portman
Tel: [phone]

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