HIF Hidefield Gld

    HIDEFIELD GOLD PLC                               

                            RETIREMENT OF DIRECTOR                             

                    APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER                     

Hidefield Gold plc ("Hidefield" or the "Company", HIF: AIM) announces the
retirement of Ken Bone, Finance Director, from the board with effect from 1
October 2007. There are no plans to replace Mr. Bone on the board at the
present time, however the Company has today appointed Sean McGrath, CGA, as
Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McGrath, who is based in the group's office in
Vancouver, Canada, will be responsible for finance and accounting for the whole
group with a particular focus on its interests in North and South America. Ken
Bone will continue to handle accounting matters for the group in the UK.

Hidefield's chairman, Kenneth Judge, commenting on the retirement of Ken Bone
as a director, said "Ken joined Hidefield in December 2000 when the company
first came to AIM and has helped to guide the group through some difficult
early times to where we are today, with an exciting portfolio of mineral
properties, and the potential of a mine development in Argentina. The Board
would like to extend their thanks to Ken for his contribution to date. I am
confident that the group's accounting and financial reporting will continue to
be handled very professionally following the appointment of Sean McGrath as CFO
with the added benefit of Ken Bone's continued assistance with accounting
matters in the UK."


Enquiries:

Hidefield Gold Plc                                           + 44 773 300 1002
Ken Judge, Chairman                                          
                                                                              
Investor Relations                                           + 44 20 7590 5503                 
Paul Ensor                                                                    
                                                                              
Hanson Westhouse Limited (Nomad)                             + 44 113 246 2610
Tim Feather/Matthew Johnson                                                   
                                                                              
Landsbanki Securities (UK) Limited (Broker)                  + 44 20 7426 9000
Tom Hulme                                                                     


ABOUT HIDEFIELD

Hidefield is a gold company with a focus on the acquisition and development of
highly prospective projects in North and South America. The Company has a
diverse portfolio of projects. In South America and Alaska the projects are
directly held by Hidefield, while those projects in Canada, Nevada and Arizona
are held in independent, self-funded associate companies.

Hidefield's substantial direct gold project interests are principally in
Argentina where the Company is actively exploring the advanced stage Don
Nicolas gold project in Santa Cruz Province with a mineral resource estimate of
1,214,000 tonnes at 7.7 gpt gold containing 301,600 ounces of gold using a high
grade cut of 90 gpt gold (383,400 ounces gold at 9.8 gpt without high grade cut
off).

The Company is exploring an extensive portfolio of gold exploration licences in
the Patagonian provinces of Santa Cruz and Chubut, Argentina while in Brazil
the Company's activities are focused on the evaluation of the advanced stage
Cata Preta gold project near the historic city of Ouro Preto in the productive
Quadrilatero Ferrifero region of Minas Gerais state.

In Alaska Hidefield has a 60% interest in the Golden Zone and South Estelle
mineral projects and an option to earn up to 100% interest, subject to a 2.5%
NSR, by making a series of staged cash, share and property expenditures. The
Golden Zone property is located 240 km north of Anchorage and contains a
measured and indicated resource of approximately 253,000 ounces of gold,
1,180,000 ounces of silver and 6,114,000 pounds of copper. The South Estelle
property, now in a joint venture with International Tower Hill Mines Ltd, is
located approximately 175 km northwest of Anchorage and 230 km southwest of the
Golden Zone project and adjoins Kennecott's Whistler copper-gold property.

For more information on Hidefield go to www.hidefieldgold.com



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