Publication of Australian Prospectus

Norseman Gold plc / Epic: NGL / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration

28 August 2012

Norseman Gold Plc

Publication of Secondary Trading Prospectus in Australia

Norseman Gold Plc ("Norseman" or "Company") announces that on 27 August 2012 it published a prospectus in Australia required under the Corporations Act 2001 to remove any secondary trading restrictions on the second tranche of ordinary shares issued by Norseman pursuant to the placing of 625,000,000 new ordinary shares announced on 20 July 2012.

The prospectus can be viewed at http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20120827/pdf/42892j3tcl65z9.pdf

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For further information visit www.norsemangoldplc.com, email [email protected] or contact:

David Steinepreis Norseman Gold Plc. Tel: +44 (0) 7913402727

William Vandyk Northland Capital Partners Ltd Tel: 020 7796 8800

Guy Wilkes Ocean Equities Ltd Tel: 020 7786 4370

Susie Geliher / Hugo de Salis St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7236 1177

Notes

Norseman Gold plc is an AIM and ASX listed Australian gold production company, which operates the 986 km2 Norseman Gold Project, Australia's longest continually running gold operation. Located in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia in the highly prospective Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt, the project currently has a total resource inventory of 3.4 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 4.7 g/t.