Issue of Equity

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Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited

("Chaarat" or "the Company")

Admission of 4,611,940 Shares to trading to use 2017 authority to allot Shares

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (21 December 2017).

As announced on 18 December 2017, Chaarat (AIM:CGH) is conducting a private placing to raise up to US$20 million. The funds will be raised through a mixture of equity (at a price of 25 pence per Chaarat ordinary share ("Share")) and short term Senior Secured Convertible Loan Notes ("Notes") with a conversion price of 33 pence per share (the "Issue") in order to optimise the development of the Tulkubash heap leach project and ensure efficient execution of the construction schedule, while also allowing for continued exploration of the oxide deposit during 2018.

As at 17 December 2017 commitments from investors and expressions of interest from directors and management had been received in respect of US$9.8 million in Shares and US$5.2 million in Notes, which at US$15 million represents 75 per cent of the total anticipated Issue. Additional commitments continue to be received from investors and the second and final tranche of Shares, as well as the issue of the Notes, is expected to be settled by 31 January 2018. A further announcement in relation to the Issue will be made at that time.

As at 20 December 2017 the Company has received settlement funds of US$1.545m representing an initial tranche of 4,611,940 Shares which was expected to be settled before the end of December 2017. As a consequence, application has been made for admission of the Shares to trading on AIM in order to use the 2017 authority to allot shares available to the Company as set out in the Company's Articles of Association (the "Authority"). Further issues of Shares forming part of the second tranche of Shares will be made under the 2018 Authority.

Admission of the 4,611,940 Shares is expected to take place on 29 December 2017.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. 

Enquiries: 

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited                                             + 44 (0) 20 7499 2612

Martin Andersson - Chairman                                               info@chaarat.com

Linda Naylor - FD/Company Secretary

Numis Securities Limited                                                        +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

John Prior, Paul Gillam (NOMAD)

Further information relating to the Placing

The Shares have been issued and allotted as fully paid and will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.

Following Admission of the shares, the Company's existing issued share capital will increase from 351,865,832 Shares to 356,477,772 Shares and the total number of voting rights will be 356,477,772 (the "Total Voting Rights").

The Total Voting Rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for any calculation by which they will determine whether or not they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, the issued share capital of the Company.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

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