Further re Issue of Equity

Norseman Gold plc / Epic: NGL / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration

23 August 2012

AIM: NGL

ASX: NGX

 NORSEMAN GOLD PLC

('Norseman Gold' or 'the Company')

Further re Issue of Equity

Further to the general meeting of the Company held earlier today, Norseman Gold plc confirms that 551,169,667 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") will be admitted to trading on AIM with effect from 24 August 2012.

Following admission of these shares, the Company will have 1,117,202,223 Ordinary Shares in issue admitted to trading on AIM.

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

Kevin Maloney Norseman Gold plc Tel: +61 2 9255 9300 

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

William Vandyk 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 operation. 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.