Date: 9 Jul 2009

Gold Oil plc (“Gold Oil” or the “Company”) was informed on 9 April that John Gary Moore has transferred 17,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company to his ex-wife and now no longer has a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of the Company.

For further information on the Company, visit www.goldoilplc.com or contact:

Gold Oil
Mark Pritchard, Chairman                             Tel: 07802 827 846

Seymour Pierce
Jonathan Wright                                            Tel: 020 7107 8000

Notes to Editors

Gold Oil is an AIM-listed oil and gas exploration and production company primarily focused on opportunities in Latin America.  It has oil production in Colombia and significant exploration acreage and licences both onshore and offshore in Peru and onshore Colombia.