Transaction in Own Shares

Ovoca Gold PLC

25 July2011

Ovoca Gold Plc ("Ovoca" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

On 22 July 2011 Ovoca acquired 375,000 ordinary shares of €0.125 each ("Ordinary Shares") of the Company at a price of GBP32p. Ovoca intends to hold these shares as treasury stock. Ovoca now has a total of 87,363,806 Ordinary Shares in issue excluding treasury shares and 1,095,000 Ordinary Shares held in treasury.

Ovoca Gold Plc

Timothy McCutcheon +7 495 916 6029 [email protected] 

Davy - NOMAD and joint broker

John Frain +353 1 679 6363

Fairfax I.S. PLC - joint broker

Ewan Leggat/Laura Littley +44 207 598 5368