Share and GDR Buyback Programme Update

Share and GDR Buyback Programme Update

Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 15, 2015 - Nord Gold N.V. ("Nordgold" or the "Company", LSE: NORD), the internationally diversified low-cost gold producer, announces that it has appointed Morgan Stanley to manage its buyback programme during close periods irrevocably subject to certain parameters.

In accordance with the share buyback programme approved by the Board of Directors on February 24, the Company can purchase up to 19,000,000 shares/GDRs up to a maximum total amount of US$30 million at a price of up to US$4 per share/GDR. The buyback programme will end as soon as the aggregate purchase price of the shares/GDRs acquired by the Company has reached US$30 million or by 31 December 2015.

In accordance with the conditions of the authorisation granted by the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to acquire shares and GDRs on January 30, 2015, a price to be paid is limited to the range between the amount equal to the nominal value of the shares and the higher of: (i) one hundred and five percent (105%) of the average market value of the GDRs listed on the London Stock Exchange during the five business days immediately preceding the date of re-purchase, (ii) the price of the last independent trade of GDRs for shares of the Company listed on the London Stock Exchange, or (iii) the current independent bid for a GDR for a share of the Company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Following the withdrawal from the GDR programme of the shares underlying the GDRs, the Company intends to cancel the shares.

On April 13-14, 2015 Nordgold purchased a total of 224,302 GDRs for a total amount of US$608,133.

The daily transactions are detailed below.

The Company has an entire issued share capital of 380,998,290 shares.

Since the announcement of the buyback programme Nordgold has purchased a total of 2,957,924 GRDs for a total amount of US$7,588,138.

Daily Transactions

About Nordgold

Nordgold (LSE: NORD) is an internationally diversified low-cost gold producer established in 2007 and publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. The Company has expanded rapidly through carefully targeted acquisitions and organic growth, achieving a rate of growth unmatched in the industry during that period. In 2014, Nordgold's gold production increased to 985 thousand ounces from 924 thousand ounces in 2013.

The Company operates 9 mines and has 2 development projects, 4 advanced exploration projects and a diverse portfolio of early-stage exploration projects and licenses in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Russia, Kazakhstan, 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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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 Canadian 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.