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Shanta Gold Limited

18 January 2019

18 January 2019

Shanta Gold Limited

PARTIAL BUYBACK OF CONVERTIBLE LOAN NOTES

Shanta Gold Limited ("Shanta") (AIM: SHG), the East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer, announces that Rukwa Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanta has repurchased 325,000 of the Company's' outstanding unsecured subordinated convertible loan notes due April 2019 (the "Convertible Loan Notes") from El Oro Limited for a total consideration of US$276,250. This implies an 18% discount to value of the Convertible Loan Notes based on their par value plus interest accrued to date. Following this transaction, the value of the remaining outstanding Convertible Loan Notes not held directly or indirectly by Shanta is US$14,675,000. Shanta Gold

Enquiries:

 
 Shanta Gold Limited 
                                           +255 (0) 22 292 
 Eric Zurrin (CEO)                          5148 
 Luke Leslie (CFO) 
 
 Nominated Adviser and Broker 
 Numis Securities Limited 
                                           + 44 (0)20 7260 
 Paul Gillam / John Prior / James Black     0000 
 
 Financial Public Relations 
 Tavistock 
 Charles Vivian / Barnaby Hayward /        +44 (0)20 7920 
  Gareth Tredway                            3150 
 

About Shanta Gold

Shanta Gold is an East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer. It currently has defined ore resources on the New Luika project in Tanzania and holds exploration licenses covering approximately 1,500km(2) in the country. Shanta's flagship New Luika Gold Mine commenced production in 2012 and produced 81,872 ounces in 2018. The Company has been admitted to trading on London's AIM and has approximately 779 m shares in issue. For further information please visit: www.shantagold.com.

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