Cluff Gold Increases Gold Resource by 70% at Angovia Project in Cote d'Ivoire

CLUFF GOLD PLC



Cluff Gold Increases Gold Resource by 70% at Angovia Project in C^ote d'Ivoire



Cluff Gold Plc ("Cluff Gold" or "the Company") today announces that SRK Consulting ("SRK") has prepared an audited Mineral Resource statement for the Angovia Gold Project, C^ote d'Ivoire.



Key highlights:



- JORC compliant Mineral Resource increased by over 70% to 330,000 ounces

- Indicated Mineral Resource increased by 25% to 190,000 ounces

- Feasibility study underway targeting open pit oxide resource

- Further exploration and development drilling ongoing



This resource update follows the ongoing reverse circulation (''RC'') drilling programme which started in May this year and was focused on four targets, namely Prospects 2, 3, 4 and AN2. The prospects are within two kilometres of each other and Cluff envisages ore from each being trucked to a centrally located plant. As previously announced, the Company has already purchased part of the processing plant and infrastructure from the previous mine operator.



SRK's Mineral Resource statement, detailed in Table 1 below, is defined by the JORC code and is based on an audit of a resource estimate initially prepared by Ankobra Resource Services Ltd. The oxidised resource is reported based on a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off and the sulphide resource at a 0.9 g/t cut-off. In each case the estimates are based on 3D block models of individual veins and vein zone. Individual assay values above 20g/t were cut to 20g/t prior to any grade interpolation. SRK considers the material to be potentially amenable to a combination of open pit and underground mining.



Table 1:



Resource

Resource Category

Tonnes

(millions)

Grade

(g/t Au)

Content

(kg Au)

Content

(oz Au)

Oxidised

Indicated

2.78

1.4

4,000

130,000



Inferred

0.93

1.4

1,300

40,000



Sub-Total

3,71

1.4

5,300

170,000













Sulphide

Indicated

0.87

2.0

1,700

60,000



Inferred

1.57

2.0

3,200

100,000



Sub-Total

2.44

2.0

4,900

160,000













All Material

Indicated

3.65

1.6

5,700

190,000



Inferred

2.50

1.8

4,500

140,000



Grand Total

6.15

1.7

10,200

330,000



The total resource potential of the whole licence area, including the satellite deposits and the area below the existing pits at Angovia, has been previously estimated at 800,000 ounces as announced in December last year and certainly the mineralisation is open at depth and along strike on all of the above targets. No drilling under the existing pits has commenced as yet although a multipurpose drill rig capable of both RC and core drilling is presently on site. The drilling programme will extend through the forthcoming field season alongside the project development programme as recently announced by the Company.



Mr. Douglas Chikohora, Technical Director of Cluff Gold, comments, "We are delighted that our drilling programme at Angovia has significantly increased the JORC compliant resource. We expect to add more to the resource base with the ongoing drilling programme currently underway. Further announcements will be made on the results of this drilling in due course.''



Mt. Yaoure, C^ote d'Ivoire



The Mt. Yaoure permit is located 40km northwest of Yamoussoukro, the political capital of C^ote d'Ivoire, and covers a surface area of 534km^2. The licence area includes the Angovia gold mine which operated between 1998 and 2003. The mine reportedly produced over 180,000 ounces of gold during this period by heap leaching some 2 million tonnes of oxide material. The C^ote d'Ivoire government has issued a certificate to CMA, a subsidiary of COGEMA, the French uranium mining group, evidencing that it has complied with the work prescribed by the mining regulations relating to the protection of the environment and the restoration of the part of the licence area covered by the Angovia gold mine.



The infrastructure in the area is good and includes a hydroelectric dam six kilometres from the Angovia mine site.



Qualified Persons:



Dr Simon Ingram prepared the resource estimate for Ankobra Resource Services Ltd. Dr Ingram has sufficient experience which is relative to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Dr Ingram consents to the inclusion in this press release of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.



SRK's audit was prepared under the direction of Dr. Michael Armitage who is the Competent Person who assumes overall professional responsibility for the Compliance Opinion and who is a Member the Institute of Materials, Metals and Mining which is a 'Recognised Overseas Professional Organisation' (ROPO) included in a list promulgated by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) from time to time



Dr. Michael Armitage is a full time employee of SRK and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Dr. Michael Armitage consents to the inclusion in this press release of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.





For further information, please contact:



Cluff Gold WH Ireland Parkgreen Communications

J.G. Cluff / Douglas Chikohora David Youngman Cathy Malins / Annabel Leather

Chairman / Technical Director Tel: 0161 832 2174 Tel: 020 7493 3713

Tel: 020 7340 9790