EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND ISSUE OF EQUITY

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited

("Chaarat" or the "Company")

EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND ISSUE OF EQUITY

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (27 December 2017)

Chaarat (AIM: CGH) has received notification for the exercise of options over 400,000 ordinary shares of US$ 0.01 each in the Company at an exercise price of 15 pence per share.   As a result, the Company has received proceeds of £60,000.  

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange to admit the 400,000 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM. Admission of the new ordinary shares is expected to occur on or around 3 January 2018.  The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.

Following the issue of shares detailed above the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will comprise 356,877,772 ordinary shares (including shares issued in the placing announced on 21 December 2017) of US$ 0.01 each. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

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About Chaarat Gold

Chaarat Gold is an exploration and development company operating in the Kyrgyz Republic with a large, high grade resource - the Chaarat Gold Project. The Company's key objective is to become a long term, low-cost gold producer.

Chaarat aims to create value for its shareholders, employees and communities in the Kyrgyz Republic by building relationships based on trust and operating to the best environmental, social and employment standards.

Further information is available at www.chaarat.com