Directors' Interests in Shares and GDRs

Nordgold - Directors' Interests in Shares and GDRs

Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 9, 2014 - Nord Gold N.V. ("Nordgold" or the "Company", LSE: NORD), an internationally diversified low-cost gold producer, announces that Mr. Alexei Mordashov, main shareholder and non-executive director of the Company, has acquired 2,511,559 GDRs from Mr. Nikolai Zelenski, Nordgold's Chief Executive Officer and 1,076,383 GDRs from Mr. Oleg Pelevin, the Company's Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at a price equal to the closing price of the listed GDRs of Nordgold on the London Stock Exchange on December 5, 2014, being US$1.50 per GDR.

Following the transaction, Nordgold has registered, in accordance with chapter 5.3 of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision, the interests of Mr. Mordashov in the Company as follows:

Following the transaction, Nordgold has registered, in accordance with chapter 5.3 of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision, the interests of Mr. Zelenski and Mr. Pelevin in the Company as follows:

Nordgold's freefloat remains 13.7% as GDRs previously owned by Mr. Zelenski and Mr. Pelevin has not been referred as freefloat.

About Nordgold

Nordgold (LSE: NORD) is an international low-cost gold producer established in 2007. The Company has expanded rapidly through carefully targeted acquisitions and organic investment, achieving a rate of growth unmatched in the industry during that period. In 2013 Nordgold's gold production was 924 thousand ounces, up from 717 thousand ounces in 2012.

The company operates 9 active mines and has 2 development projects, 4 advanced exploration projects and a diverse portfolio of early-stage exploration projects and licenses in Russia, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Guinea, French Guiana, and Canada. Nordgold employs about 10,000 people.

For further information on Nordgold please visit the Company's website: www.nordgold.com

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All forward-looking statements made or incorporated in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements.

Forward-looking information involves significant risks, assumptions, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual future realities or anticipated events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking information and, accordingly, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or realities. Material factors or assumptions that were applied in formulating the forward-looking information contained herein include the assumption that the business and economic conditions affecting Nordgold's operations will continue substantially in their current state, including, without limitation, with respect to industry conditions, general levels of economic activity, market prices for gold, competition for and scarcity of gold mine assets, achievement of anticipated mineral reserve and mineral resource tonnages or grades, ability to develop additional mineral reserves, acquisition of funding for capital expenditures, adequacy and availability of production, processing and product delivery infrastructure, electricity costs, continuity and availability of personnel and third party service providers, local and international laws and regulations, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates, inflation, taxes, and that there will be no unplanned material changes to Nordgold's facilities, equipment, customer and employee relations and credit arrangements. Nordgold cautions that the foregoing list of material factors and assumptions is not exhaustive. Many of these assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Nordgold and there is no assurance that they will prove correct. The risks and other factors that may cause actual future realities or anticipated events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking information include, but are not limited to Nordgold's ability to execute its development and exploration programs; the financial and operational performance of Nordgold; civil disturbance, armed conflict or security issues at the mineral projects of Nordgold; political factors; the capital requirements associated with operations; dependence on key personnel; compliance with environmental regulations; estimated production; and competition.

Actual performance or achievement could differ materially from that expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking information in this press release and, accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking information. Further, any forward-looking information speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and Nordgold does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking information to reflect information, events, results, circumstances or realities after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable securities laws. All forward-looking information contained in this press release is qualified by such cautionary statements. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all of such risk factors and to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on Nordgold's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual realities to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information.