Norseman Gold Regulatory News (NGL)

13 July 2012

ASX:NGX

AIM:NGL

NORSEMAN GOLD PLC

("Norseman Gold" or "the Company")

Appointment of Mr Kevin Maloney as Executive Chairman to the Board

and resignation of Mr Kelvin May

Norseman Gold wishes to advise the appointment of Mr Kevin Maloney as Executive Chairman to the Board. Mr Maloney is Chairman of the Tulla Resources Group of companies, which has now invested significantly in the future of Norseman both through direct funding through shares and convertible loan notes and also with the introduction of its associated company, L2 Project Management - Norseman Pty Ltd, as the manager and operator of the Norseman Gold Project.

Tulla Resources Group is the Australian owned investment group of the Maloney family. Based in Sydney, it was established in the early 1990s with an open mandate focusing on small to middle market listed companies, private equity, venture capital and debt. Tulla Resources Group has a track record of success from building and growing many businesses, including The MAC Services Group which is a mining services company that was listed on the ASX in April 2007 and sold to Oil States International in December 2010 for approximately $650m of which the Maloney family owned approximately 52% at the time of sale.

In addition to his directorship with the Company, Mr Kevin William Maloney,65, holds or has held the following directorships/partnerships within the five years immediately prior to the date of this announcement:

Mr Maloney was a director of Bowen Aquaculture Centre Limited which was placed into administration by its directors in order to liquidate its assets following a decision by them that it had failed to achieve its business objectives

There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to Mr Maloney pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Mr. Kelvin May has resigned as a director of the Company for personal reasons. Mr May was appointed to the Board in February 2012, and has worked with the Company as its Chief Financial Officer since January 2008. The Board thanks Mr May for his contribution during this period.

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For further information visit www.norsemangoldplc.com, email investors@ngold.com.au or contact:

David Steinepreis Norseman Gold Plc. Tel: +44 (0) 7913402727

William Vandyk / Rod Venables Northland Capital Partners Ltd Tel: 020 7796 8800

Guy Wilkes Ocean Equities Ltd Tel: 020 7786 4370

Susie Geliher / Hugo de Salis St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7236 1177

Notes

Norseman Gold plc is an AIM and ASX listed Australian gold production company, which operates the 2,360 sq km Norseman Gold Project, Australia's longest continually running gold mine. Located in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia in the highly prospective Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt, the project currently has a total resource inventory of 3.4 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 4.7 g/t.