Issue of Options to Directors and Employees

Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration 5 December 2008 Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company') Issue of Options to Directors and Employees Goldplat plc, the AIM quoted gold producer, announces that it has today issued 11 million options to the Directors of the Company and 5 million options to employees of the Company. The options vest in two years from issue and are exercisable at 10p per share and expire five years from issue. Name Position Number of Options Demetri Manolis Chief Executive 7,000,000 Ian Visagie Finance Director 2,000,000 Brian Moritz Non executive Chairman 1,000,000 John Woolgar Non executive Director 1,000,000 For further information visit www.goldplat.com or contact: Demetri Manolis, CEO Goldplat plc Tel: +27 11 423 1203 James Joyce /Sarang Shah WH Ireland Limited Tel: 020 7220 1666 Bill Sharp/Andrew Garrett Alexander David Securities Tel: +44 (0)20 Limited 7448 9820 Felicity Edwards/ Isabel St Brides Media & Finance Tel: 020 7236 Crossley Ltd 1177 Notes Goldplat plc is an AIM-listed gold producer with operations in Africa. Its strategy is to create a mid-tier mining house focused on gold production leveraged through revenue generated from its gold recovery businesses. The Company has two recovery business based in South African and Ghana, which, by safely disposing of 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 feedstock's 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. Additionally, Goldplat has expanded into gold mining through the acquisition of known deposits with targets of between 200,000 and one million contained ounces. To this end, in a 50/50 JV, it is developing the potential of the highly prospective 213 sq km Lolgorien licence area located in the historically producing Migori Archaean Greenstone Belt in western Kenya, which is scheduled to commence production Q4 2008. A number of other potential projects across Africa are under review. ---END OF MESSAGE--- This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.