Total Voting Rights

31 January 2013

Sovereign Mines of Africa PLC

("SMA" or "the Company")

Total Voting Rights

Sovereign Mines of Africa PLC, the gold mining exploration company with properties in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, announces, for the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Services Authority, the following:

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 236,358,850 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence par value each, with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company has no Ordinary Shares held in treasury and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 236,358,850 and this number should therefore be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by 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 the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

SOVEREIGN MINES OF AFRICA PLC

David Pearl, F.C.A. - Chairman +353 696 8961

[email protected]

John Barry - Exploration Director +353 8 7669 5608

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

SQUARE1 CONSULTING LIMITED

David Bick/Mark Longson +44 20 7929 5599

NEWGATE THREADNEEDLE

Graham Herring +44 20 7653 9858