Holding(s) in Company

For immediate release: 29 August 2013

Premier Gold Resources plc

("Premier Gold" or the "Company")

Holding in Company

Premier Gold (AIM: PGR), the Central Asia-focused gold exploration and development company, was notified today by Mr Barry Gold that, as a result of a sale of 15,000,000 shares, his interest in the Company's share capital is now 72,138,699 shares, representing 7.15 per cent. of the issued share capital.

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About Premier Gold Resources plc

Premier Gold Resources plc (AIM:PGR) is a gold exploration and development company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Premier Gold is focused on gold opportunities in Central Asia, in particular the Kyrgyz Republic, where the Company's current project, Cholokkaindy, is undergoing extensive exploration and analysis.

Cholokkaindy is a 32 square kilometre licence area located in the northern Tien Shan, 20 kilometres south of Kara Balta and 80 kilometres southwest of Bishkek. Geological results from Premier Gold's work programme to date support the view that Cholokkaindy is one large mineralising system, displaying several key indicators associated with other large gold deposits in the northern Tien Shan metallogenic belt.