Result of AGM & Directorate Change

Sovereign Mines of Africa PLC

("SMA" or "the Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting & Directorate Change

Sovereign Mines of Africa PLC (AIM:SML), the gold mining exploration Company with properties in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, is today pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were duly passed.

Nathan Steinberg, the Company's Finance Director, retired by rotation at the AGM and did not seek to be re-elected. The board of directors would like to thank him for his service.

Enquiries:

SOVEREIGN MINES OF AFRICA PLC

Giles Clarke - c/o Billy Clegg +44 20 3757 6983

SHORE CAPITAL - NOMINATED ADVISER & BROKER

Toby Gibbs/Bidhi Bhoma - Corporate Finance

Jerry Keen - Corporate Broking +44 207 408 4090

CAMARCO

Billy Clegg / Gordon Poole +44 20 3757 6983