Total Voting Rights

31 December 2015

Sovereign Mines of Africa Plc

("Sovereign Mines" or "the Company")

Total Voting Rights

Sovereign Mines of Africa PLC, the gold mining exploration company with gold exploration properties in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, announces that for the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company's total issued share capital at the date of this announcement is 860,858,850 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each, with one voting right per share. There are no shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 860,858,850.

The above figure of 860,858,850 shares may be used by shareholders as a denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

SOVEREIGN MINES OF AFRICA PLC

Giles Clarke - Chairman c/o Billy Clegg +44 20 3757 6983

Nathan Steinberg - Finance Director +44 20 7269 7680

SHORE CAPITAL - NOMINATED ADVISER & BROKER

Toby Gibbs/Bidhi Bhoma - Corporate Finance

Jerry Keen - Corporate Broking +44 20 7408 4090

CAMARCO

Billy Clegg / Gordon Poole +44 20 3757 6983