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Greatland Gold PLC

08 July 2019

8 July 2019

Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR).

Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or "the Company")

Update on Exploration Campaign at Panorama Project

Field reconnaissance at Panorama locates numerous gold nuggets in multiple locations and confirms the presence of mineralisation over several kilometres of strike

Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP), the precious and base metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that field reconnaissance activities have located numerous gold nuggets, confirming the presence of mineralisation over several kilometres of strike at the Company's 100% owned Panorama project, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The zone of gold mineralisation has been extended from 3.2km of strike to 4.3km.

Highlights:

-- Numerous gold nuggets found in thin soil cover over several hundred metres of strike, confirming the presence of gold mineralisation along the mineralised zone.

-- Gold nuggets found in more than 10 locations, including an area further south along strike, thereby extending the strike extent of the mineralised trend from 3.2km to 4.3km.

-- The mineralised zone, hosted in Archean basement, currently remains open to the south west and will be subject to further reconnaissance activities and systematic, grid-based surface geochemical sampling, which is expected to be completed by late July.

-- Additionally, a detailed, low level aeromagnetic survey covering the entire Panorama project area is expected to commence next week.

Gervaise Heddle, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "The discovery of numerous gold nuggets in multiple locations within the first week of the new field campaign at Panorama represents a very exciting start to this campaign and further confirms our belief in the significant potential of this project.

"The dual geochemical and geophysical campaign that we are conducting at Panorama represents a step up in the scale of exploration previously conducted at this project and clearly these early results support our decision to accelerate the pace of exploration activity at this exciting gold target in the Pilbara. We look forward to providing further updates as the exploration campaign progresses, including results from soil and rock chip sampling and the aeromagnetic survey."

A photo of the gold nuggets collected and a map indicating collection points can be found on the Panorama project page of Greatland's website at: www.greatlandgold.com/panorama/

Panorama Project

The Panorama project consists of three adjoining granted exploration licences located in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia. The three licences cover a total area of approximately 155 square kilometres and are prospective for gold and base metal mineralisation.

Geology of the area is predominantly greenstone and granite of the Archean Pilbara Craton in northern Western Australia, and younger overlying sedimentary and volcanic sequences. As such the project is prospective for Archean lode style gold mineralisation and also 'conglomerate' style gold mineralisation.

The Company completed a detailed review of historic work at Panorama, which revealed many rock chip samples with an elevated gold response from within the project area. Rock chip samples were collected during the mid to late 1990s, mainly over the northern parts of the project area. The most significant samples identified to date lie along a north-south trending zone approximately 3.2km long with rock chip results including 66.0g/t, 14.5g/t, 4.1g/t, 2.1g/t and 1.1g/t gold. The geological setting is a prominent ridge marking the structural contact of basaltic and ultramafic rocks of Archean age.

Greatland carried out sporadic rock chip sampling along this zone during 2017 with results including 18.45g/t, 1.82g/t, 0.71g/t, and 0.61g/t gold over approximately 3.2km of strike, essentially confirming the presence of gold mineralisation and the high grade potential of this zone. Rock chip results are presented in Table 1.

Table 1 - Rock Chip Results (>10ppb gold)

 
 Sample 
   ID      East     North       Company       Year   Gold (ppb) 
         -------  --------  ---------------  ----- 
 93105    778899   7580466   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993       33 
 93170    779099   7582746   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993      2120 
 93171    779099   7582746   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993      1050 
 93172    779069   7582956   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993      289 
 93173    779049   7583076   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993      699 
 93175    779409   7581886   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993       28 
 932228   779099   7582746   Bacome Pty Ltd   1993      4120 
                             Great Southern 
  1561    778657   7579766        Mines       1997     66000 
                             Great Southern 
  1562    778645   7579804        Mines       1997      620 
                             Great Southern 
  5656    778616   7579870        Mines       1997      310 
                             Great Southern 
  5657    778622   7579876        Mines       1997     14500 
                             Great Southern 
  5658    778641   7579876        Mines       1997      460 
                             Great Southern 
  5659    778641   7579851        Mines       1997       70 
                             Great Southern 
  5660    778635   7579876        Mines       1997       50 
                             Great Southern 
  5662    778653   7579913        Mines       1997       50 
 HK1004   779116   7582752     Greatland      2017      326 
 HK1005   778683   7579880     Greatland      2017      710 
 HK1008   779096   7581748     Greatland      2017      200 
 HK1012   778908   7580786     Greatland      2017       21 
 HK1013   778676   7579887     Greatland      2017      609 
 HK1014   778906   7580516     Greatland      2017       22 
 HK1015   779105   7582750     Greatland      2017     18448 
 HK1016   779031   7582984     Greatland      2017       74 
 HK1018   779092   7582749     Greatland      2017      1823 
 HK1021   779097   7581764     Greatland      2017       21 
 

*all coordinates MGA94_Z50

Late last month, Greatland commenced field activities at the Panorama project with reconnaissance activities and surface geochemical work primarily focussed on Archean lode style gold mineralisation. To date, numerous gold nuggets have been found in thin soil cover over several hundred metres of strike confirming the presence of gold mineralisation along the mineralised zone. Gold nuggets have been found further south along strike than previously identified, extending the strike extent of the mineralised trend from 3.2km to 4.3km. The zone remains open to the south west. All nugget locations are presented in Table 2.

Table 2 - Gold Nugget Locations

 
   Site ID      East     North    Site Type 
              -------  -------- 
 PAN_NUG001    778073   7579250   hill side 
 PAN_NUG002    778021   7579263   hill side 
 PAN_NUG003    778021   7579375     gully 
 PAN_NUG004    778112   7579386     gully 
 PAN_NUG005    778228   7579425     gully 
 PAN_NUG006    778259   7579490     gully 
 PAN_NUG007    778278   7579453   hill side 
 PAN_NUG008    778232   7579457   hill side 
 PAN_NUG009    778306   7579550   hill side 
 PAN_NUG010    778341   7579893   hill side 
 PAN_NUG011    778588   7579840   hill top 
 PAN_NUG012    778861   7581741   hill top 
 PAN_NUG013    778828   7581618   hill side 
 

*all coordinates MGA94_Z50

Ongoing work will include further reconnaissance along the mineralised trend and systematic grid based soil sampling on 100m x 50m grid. Rock chip samples will also be collected at suitable locations. This work is expected to be complete in late July.

High quality geophysical datasets are a critical component of early stage exploration programmes. Of particular importance are high resolution aeromagnetic surveys as they are cost-effective and enable rapid target definition over large tenement packages. As previously announced, Greatland has commissioned a detailed, low level airborne magnetic survey to cover the entire area. The survey comprises approximately 8,000 line kilometres at a line spacing of 50m with an estimated mean terrain clearance of 40m. The airborne survey is expected to commence next week.

Further information on the Panorama project can be found on the Company web site at www.greatlandgold.com/projects

Competent Person:

Information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Mr Mick Sawyer, Exploration Manager for Greatland Pty Ltd, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and is a Registered Professional Geoscientist (R.P.Geo #10194). Mr Sawyer has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which has been undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code) and under the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr Sawyer consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

Information in this announcement that relates to Panorama project exploration results has been extracted from the following announcements:

"Greatland Commences New Exploration Campaign at Panorama Project", dated 27 June 2019

"Panorama Project - New Licence Application", dated 31 May 2018

"Panorama Project - First Exploration Campaign", dated 21 December 2017

"Extensions of Field Operations at Panorama Project", dated 1 November 2017

"Panorama Project Update", dated 24 October 2017

"Panorama Project - Exploration Programme Commences", dated 3 October 2017

"Greatland Gold plans to enter new market with Panorama Cobalt Project", dated 12 June 2017

Further information on the Panorama licence can be found under 'Panorama' on the Company's website: www greatlandgold.com

Enquiries:

Greatland Gold PLC

Gervaise Heddle/Callum Baxter

Tel: +44 (0)20 3709 4900

Email: info@greatlandgold.com

www.greatlandgold.com

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Andrew Emmott/James Keeshan

Tel: +44 (0)20 3368 3550

SI Capital Limited (Broker)

Nick Emerson/Alan Gunn

Tel: +44 (0)14 8341 3500

Luther Pendragon (Media and Investor Relations)

Harry Chathli/Alexis Gore/Joe Quinlan

Tel: +44 (0)20 7618 9100

Notes for Editors:

Greatland Gold plc is London listed (LON:GGP) natural resource exploration and development company with a current focus on gold, copper and nickel exploration projects.

The Company has six main projects; four situated in Western Australia and two in Tasmania. All projects are 100% owned by Greatland.

In March 2019, Greatland signed a Farm-in Agreement with Newcrest Operations Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX:NCM), to explore and develop Greatland's Havieron gold-copper project in the Paterson region of Western Australia. Newcrest has the right to acquire up to a 70% interest in a 12 block area within E45/4701 that covers the Havieron target by spending up to US$65m.

Greatland is seeking to identify large mineral deposits in areas that have not been subject to extensive exploration previously. It is widely recognised that the next generation of large deposits will come from such under-explored areas and Greatland is applying advanced exploration techniques to investigate a number of carefully selected targets within its focused licence portfolio.

The Company is also actively investigating a range of new opportunities in precious and strategic metals and will update the market on new opportunities as and when appropriate.

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