Greatland Resources Regulatory News (GGP)

1 April 2016

Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or the "Company")

Director's share purchase

Andrew Bell, Non-executive Chairman of Greatland, has today advised the Company that he has today bought 23,737,999 Greatland ordinary shares of 0.1p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 0.132p. per share.

Andrew Bell holds 23,737,999 Ordinary Shares representing 2.39% of the Company's issued share capital. In addition, Regency Mines plc, of which Andrew Bell is Chairman and CEO, holds 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares.

Enquiries:

Greatland Gold PLC

Callum Baxter

Tel +44 (0)20 7747 9980

Email: info@greatlandgold.com

www.greatlandgold.com

Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nomad)

Colin Aaronson / Richard Tonthat / Daniel Bush

Tel +44 (0)20 7383 5100

SI Capital Limited (Broker)

Nick Emerson / Andy Thacker

Tel +44 (0)14 8341 3500

Finsbury (Media Relations)

Gordon Simpson / Olivia Simpson

Tel +44 (0)20 7251 3801

Notes to Editors

Greatland is a mineral exploration and development company based in Australia. The principal activity of Greatland Gold plc is to explore for and develop natural resources, with a focus on gold and nickel. The Company currently has four mineral projects located in Australia, including the Ernest Giles, Bromus, Firetower and Warrentinna projects. The pipeline of projects targets highly prospective areas for large gold and nickel sulphide orebodies. The Company was established in London in 2005 and admitted to AIM in July 2006.

The board seeks to increase shareholder value through the systematic evaluation of its existing resource assets, as well as the acquisition of suitable exploration and development projects and producing assets.

Greatland has a UK and Australian based board of directors, with a head office in London and an exploration office in Australia.