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Serabi Gold plc ("Serabi" or the "Company") Notification of Interest in Shares

LONDON--(Marketwired - Aug 20, 2013) - Serabi Gold plc (AIM: SRB) (TSX: SBI), the Brazilian focused gold mining and exploration company, announces that it received on 19 August 2013 the following TR1 Form.

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii

Serabi Gold plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
iii

Drake PIPE Fund

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

7 August 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

8 August 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

From 6% to 7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

31,569,686

31,569,686

31,969,686

31,969,686

7.00

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration datexiii

Exercise/Conversion Periodxiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

31,969,686

7.00

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi


N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A


13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Ricardo Aldunate

15. Contact telephone number:

+56 2 393 5319