Central China Goldfields plc                          

                           (the "Company" or "GGG")                            

                Appointment of Peter Antony Ruxton as Chairman                 

6 October 2009

The Board of Directors of the Company are pleased to announce the appointment
of Dr. Peter Antony Ruxton as the new Non-executive Chairman of the Company.

Peter Ruxton, 52 years old, has extensive experience in the natural resources
sector and mining private equity. Peter holds a PhD in Economic Geology from
the University of Leeds and an MBA from the Institute for Financial Management.

Between 2000 and 2004 he was the Investment Manager for CDC Capital Partners
Plc before joining Actis LLP as an Investment Principal between 2004 and 2006
and Partner from 2006 to 2008. During this time he was responsible for
initiating, managing and exiting over US$180 million worth of private equity
mining investments in emerging markets.

In early 2009 he set up Tembo Capital LLP, an African focused mining advisory
consultancy.

Peter is a non-executive Board member of AIM, TSX and JSE listed Platmin Ltd.,
which during his involvement has grown from a start up to an over £300m market
capitalised company.

Peter Ruxton comments:

"I am delighted to be joining the technically strong and well respected Central
China Goldfields plc team at a time when the Company is seeking a new direction
and new mining assets. I look forward to future involvement in growing the
Company with a strong focus on building shareholder value."

Nigel Clark comments:

"We warmly welcome Peter Ruxton who brings greater breadth of experience to the
Company and we all look forward to working with him on the new direction of the
Company."

In the past 5 years, Peter Ruxton holds or has held the following positions
where he was acting in the capacity of a director:

Current Directorships                  Past Directorships              
                                                                       
Tembo Capital LLP                      Actis LLP                       
                                                                       
Platmin Ltd                            Copperbelt Minerals Plc         

Peter Ruxton currently holds no shares in Central China Goldfields plc.
Following his appointment the Company has agreed to grant both Peter Ruxton and
also Jun Angeles, who was appointed to the board in September 2009, 500,000
Director's options each. These options will be exercisable at 3.5 pence at any
time until 6 October 2014. As a result of this, the total outstanding options
will be 10,200,000.

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to
Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

Following these changes Nigel Clark will now serve as a Non-executive Director
of the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Central China Goldfields plc                    Hanson Westhouse Limited       
Dr. Jeffrey Malaihollo                          Tim Metcalfe / Martin Davison  
Tel: 020 7621 0200                              Tel: 020 7601 6100             
Email: info@ccgoldfields.com                                                   
www.ccgoldfields.com                            Alexander David Securities Limited                        
                                                Nick Bealer / David Scott      
                                                Tel: 020 7448 9820