Burkina Faso Gold Project Update

Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration

13 April 2010

                   Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')
                        Burkina Faso Gold Project Update

Goldplat  plc, the AIM quoted gold producer,  is pleased to provide an update on
its  exploration programme  for the  prospective 246 sq  km Nyieme  Gold Project
('Nyieme Project') in Burkina Faso.

Overview:

  * Intention to prove up the viability and production potential of the Nyieme
    project, and to test for further anomalies on the property
  * A phased approach to the exploration programme being implemented

      * Phase 1 - a trenching programme over areas of geophysical and soil
        sampling anomalies scheduled to start in May 2010
      * Phase 2 - a 1,250m diamond drilling ('DD') programme over the area
        previously drilled by Sanu Exploration ('BVI') Limited ('Sanu') -
        scheduled to start on completion of Phase 1, expected August 2010
      * 11 hole DD programme will test in depth the high grade zones and strike
        lengths
      * Budget for Phases 1 and 2 circa US$240,000
      * Targeting a JORC-compliant resource following completion of Phases 1 and
        2
      * Phase 3 - follow-up DD drilling based on results from Phases 1 and 2 to
        further define the economic potential of the project

Goldplat  CEO Demetri Manolis said, "We are highly confident about the potential
of  the Nyieme Project in  Burkina Faso and have  therefore devised an extensive
exploration  programme  to  test  both  the  existing  high grade targets, which
include  3m @ 17.48 g/t gold as well  as potential new areas of mineralisation.
The  West  African  region  is  attracting  significant  investment  due  to the
recognised prospectivity of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali, and we believe through
exploration we can significantly improve the value of the Nyieme Project."

Exploration Programme:

The exploration programme is designed to achieve two major objectives:

1. To  extensively trench the geochemical  and geophysical anomaly which extends
to  the south along the same trend as  the veins drilled in the Nyieme prospect.
 This trenching will cover a strike length of 6km.  Additional trenching will be
conducted  on a strong  Induced Polarisation ('IP')  anomaly which lays parallel
and 2.5 km to the east of the main anomaly.

2. To  further  explore  the  Nyieme  project  as  previously  drilled  by  Sanu
Exploration  (BVI)  Ltd.   Sanu  conducted  a 2,015m 26 hole reverse circulation
('RC')  drilling programme the intersection  results of which best intersections
included 3m @ 17.48 g/t gold ('Au'), 1m @ 16.76 g/t Au, 1m @ 4.46 g/t Au and 1m
@17.83  g/t Au.   A summary  of the  results are  shown in Table 1.  For further
information see news release 11 January 2010.

Goldplat  has designed an 11 hole DD programme which will test in depth the high
grade  zones indicated  by the  RC programme  as well  as testing for any strike
extensions  to the mineralisation.   Any significant results  from the trenching
programme  in Phase  1 will be  followed up  by DD  as part  of Phase 2 which is
planned for August 2010.

The  total cost of Phases  1 and 2 of the exploration  programme is estimated to
cost  US$240,000.   On  completion  it  will  be  determined if a JORC-compliant
resource can be calculated.

Table 1: Results of 2,015m 26 hole RC drilling programme



+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|Hole Number|Northings|Eastings|Azimuth|Dip |From|To|Width|  Value (g/t)  |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|           | 1246488 |        |       |    |    |  |     |               |
|  NYRC 01  |         | 507844 | 294º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
|           |         |        |       |    |    |  |     |               |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 02  | 1246475 | 507879 | 294º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 03  | 1246352 | 507789 | 294º  |-55º| 21 |25| 4m  |   0.34 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 03  |         |        |       |    | 39 |39| 3m  |   1.31 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 04  | 1246339 | 507824 | 294º  |-55º| 58 |60| 2m  |    2.3 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 05  | 1246241 | 507750 | 294º  |-55º| 49 |51| 2m  |   3.38 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 06  | 1246230 | 507785 | 294º  |-55º| 36 |39| 3m  |   1.85 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
| Including |         |        |       |    | 38 |39| 1m  |   4.52 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 06  |         |        |       |    | 40 |41| 1m  |   1.20 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 07  | 1246052 | 507717 | 294º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 08  | 1246039 | 507752 | 294º  |-55º| 68 |71| 3m  |   0.92 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 09  | 1245977 | 507672 | 294º  |-55º| 38 |39| 1m  |   4.03 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 10  | 1245964 | 507711 | 294º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 11  | 1245893 | 507642 | 294º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 12  | 1245878 | 507682 | 294º  |-55º| 30 |31| 1m  |   0.91 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 13  | 1245740 | 507577 | 294º  |-55º| 42 |45| 3m  |   0.52 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 14  | 1245727 | 507615 | 294º  |-55º| 94 |95| 1m  |   0.64 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 15  | 1245646 | 507555 | 294º  |-55º| 21 |23| 2m  |   0.88 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 15  |         |        |       |    | 36 |46| 10m |   5.87 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
| Including |         |        |       |    | 38 |44| 6m  |   9.86 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
| Including |         |        |       |    | 38 |43| 5m  |   11.67 g/t   |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
| Including |         |        |       |    | 38 |41| 3m  |   17.48 g/t   |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 16  | 1245630 | 507590 | 294º  |-55º| 63 |64| 1m  |   0.88 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 16  |         |        |       |    | 65 |66| 1m  |   0.75 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 16  |         |        |       |    | 72 |74| 1m  |   0.72 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 16  |         |        |       |    | 76 |78| 1m  |   0.87 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 17  | 1245560 | 507488 | 294º  |-55º| 40 |41| 1m  |   16.76 g/t   |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 18  | 1245550 | 507522 | 294º  |-55º| 64 |65| 1m  |   4.46 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 18  |         |        |       |    | 69 |70| 1m  |   17.83 g/t   |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 19  | 1245097 | 507669 | 304º  |-55º| 44 |45| 1m  |   1.92 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 20  | 1245076 | 507699 | 304º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 21  | 1245014 | 507619 | 304º  |-55º| 27 |28| 1m  |   0.69 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 22  | 1244993 | 507650 | 304º  |-55º| 29 |30| 1m  |   0.86 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 23  | 1244924 | 507562 | 304º  |-55º| 41 |42| 1m  |    2.1 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 24  | 1244906 | 507593 | 304º  |-55º| 64 |65| 1m  |   1.45 g/t    |
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 25  | 1244852 | 507505 | 304º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+
|  NYRC 26  | 1244832 | 507536 | 304º  |-55º| -  |- |  -  |Not significant|
+-----------+---------+--------+-------+----+----+--+-----+---------------+


Qualified Person

This  announcement has been reviewed by Mr. Mark Austin, the group geologist for
Goldplat  who has  more than  25 years of  relevant experience  in the  field of
activity  concerned.  He is a  fellow of the Geological  Society of South Africa
('GSSA')  and has  consented to  the inclusion  of the  material in the form and
context in which it appears.

                                  * * ENDS * *



For  further  information  visit  www.goldplat.com <

http://www.goldplat.com/> or
contact:

Demetri  Manolis, CEO Goldplat plc                  Tel: [phone]

James Joyce           WH Ireland Limited            Tel: [phone]

David Porter          WH Ireland Limited            Tel: [phone]

Felicity Edwards      St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: [phone]

Isabel Crossley       St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: [phone]



Notes:

Goldplat is an AIM-listed gold producer with operations in Africa.  Its strategy
is  to consolidate its  position as a  gold producer in  Africa and build itself
into  a  highly  profitable  mid-tier  gold  company,  leveraged through revenue
generated from its gold recovery businesses.

The  Company  has  two  recovery  businesses  based  in  South  Africa and Ghana
producing  circa 21,000 ounces of gold per year.  These safely dispose of mining
by-products,  and  fulfil  an  important  aspect  of  the  mines'  environmental
management  programmes.  The South  African plant is  located near the centre of
the East Rand Goldfield and raw material feedstocks are sourced from many of the
major  South African mining companies,  including AngloGold Ashanti, Goldfields,
Harmony,  DRD Gold and other smaller producers.  The Ghana plant, located in the
free  port of Tema, provides access to raw materials from mines in Mali, Guinea,
Burkina  Faso, Benin, Cote D'Ivorie, Senegal, the DRC and Mauritania, as well as
Ghana.

Goldplat  is looking to increase its asset base through the acquisition of known
deposits  with targets of between 200,000 and  one million contained ounces.  To
this end, it is developing two projects; its wholly owned Kilimapesa Gold mining
project,  located in the historically  producing Migori Archaean Greenstone Belt
in  western Kenya and the  prospective 246 sq km Nyieme  Project in Burkina Faso
with  a view to establishing  a mining operation in  the short term.  Kilimapesa
Gold  commenced initial production in January  2009 and has announced an initial
JORC-compliant  resource of 1.65Mt at 2.44 g/t Au for 129,000 oz Au at a cut-off
grade of 1 g/t Au for all categories.





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