Issue of Equity

Sula Iron & Gold plc / Index: AIM / Epic: SULA / Sector: Natural Resources 18 October 2013 Sula Iron & Gold plc (`Sula' or `the Company') Issue of Equity Sula Iron & Gold plc, a multi-commodity exploration company focussed on SierraLeone, announces that, further to its announcement of 10 October, applicationhas been made to the London Stock Exchange for the remaining 2,890,000 PlacingShares to be admitted to trading on AIM (the "Second Admission"), and it isexpected that the Second Admission will become effective and that dealings insuch 2,890,000 Placing Shares will commence on 24 October 2013. The Placing Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with theexisting ordinary shares of the Company. As set out in the announcement of 10 October, Placees will receive one Warrantfor every Placing Share subscribed for, exercisable at 3p per share for aperiod of three years from 15 October 2013. Following the Second Admission, the Company's enlarged issued share capitalwill comprise 161,966,674 ordinary shares with voting rights. The Company doesnot hold any shares in treasury. This figure of 161,966,674 ordinary shares maybe used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculationsby which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in,or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under theFCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. **ENDS** For further information please visit www.sulairongold.com or contact thefollowing: Nick Warrell Sula Iron & Gold plc +44 (0) 7811 447830 James Caithie / Avi Cairn Financial Advisers LLP +44 (0) 20 7148 7900Robinson Martin Lampshire / David Daniel Stewart & Company Plc +44 (0) 20 7776 6550Hart Felicity Edwards / St Brides Media and Finance +44 (0) 20 7236 1177Charlotte Heap Ltd Notes Sula Iron & Gold plc is a multi commodity exploration company focussed on WestAfrica. The Company's main objective is to explore and advance its FerensolaProject, in Northern Sierra Leone, which is highly prospective for iron andgold. Sula is currently focussed on delineating a maiden JORC compliant ironresource and proving up the gold mineralisation in 2014, by conducting soilgeochemistry and ground geophysics prior to a diamond drilling programme, inorder to maximise the Licence area's value potential. The 153 sq km licencearea is contiguous to African Minerals' operational Tonkolili Iron Mine, whichhas a JORC compliant resource of 12.8 billion tonnes Fe. Exploration work at the project has confirmed the presence of Banded IronFormation (`BIF') at surface, which has a known strike length of 3.1km. The BIFis proven to extend NE from the Tonkolili licence into Sula's licence area. A2,000m scout drilling programme conducted over a 2.2km section of BIF,confirmed the Licence area's prospectivity for consistently high grade ironmineralisation. An exploration target of 500 million tonnes at 30.4% iron formagnetite and 55% iron for hematite has been given by exploration consultantsSRK Exploration Services Ltd. Significant Greenstone Belt-style gold mineralisation has also been identifiedat various prospects within the licence area. Five target areas for hard rockgold mineralisation have been identified based on the location of historicdrill intercepts, the source areas for alluvial gold deposits, and the positionof major structures as defined by airborne magnetic data and drainageorientation.