VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - Aug 1, 2012) - Handeni Gold Inc. (the "Company" or "Handeni Gold") (OTCQB: HNDI) is pleased to announce the appointment of additional members to its technical advisory committee.

The Company is pleased to welcome Dr. P.G. Gresse, Mr. C.J. Lötter and Mr. E.D. Ole Naiko to our Technical Advisory Committee.

Dr. Gresse is a renowned structural geologist with a lifetime experience in Africa. He has extensive experience in field geological mapping, structural geology and basin analysis. Dr. Gresse has been involved in various international research and mapping programs specialising in Late Proterozoic geology. Dr. Gresse has published widely in local and international journals (33) and has attended and presented papers at numerous international conferences and symposia (25).

Mr. Lötter has 30 years experience in mining and exploration geophysics and has run his own consulting and contracting business for 20 years. He has extensive experience in the Greenstone terrains of southern, eastern and western Africa as well as the Zambian and Botswana Copper belts. Mr. Lotter is involved in survey planning and design and QC/QA and interpretation, including 2D/3D forward and inversion modelling, on a daily basis.

Mr. E.D. Ole Naiko (a mining engineer by training) conducted his post graduate studies in Mineral Economics and Metallurgical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He has been an executive director of the Tanzania Investment Centre and the manager of various state mining companies, including gold mining companies, as well as an executive director of the TIC (Tanzania Investment Centre) in Tanzania. Mr. Naiko plays a major role in promoting the minerals industry of the country and attracting investment to the sector.

Handeni Gold's Technical Committee now consists of the following members:

Dr. P.G. Gresse (Structural- and Exploration Geology),

Mr. C. Lötter (Geophysics and Exploration Geology),

Mr. B. McDonald (Exploration- and Economic Geology),

Mr. E. D. Ole Naiko (Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics) and

Dr. R. Scheepers (Petrology, Geochemistry, Exploration Geology).

The Technical Advisory Committee has been specifically constituted to enable Handeni Gold to effectively operate in the geological environments associated with mineralized systems in Archaean and Proterozoic terranes. Additional expertise comprising other disciplines may be co-opted to the committee from time to time, as the situation may require.

"Hands on expertise, a long history of applicable experience and scientific integrity is what the committee represents, and this is exactly what Handeni Gold needs": commented Dr. Reyno Scheepers, President and CEO of Handeni Gold Inc.

About Handeni Gold Inc.

The Company is an emerging mineral exploration company focused on exploring and developing mining opportunities in Tanzania. For more information, go to www.handenigoldltd.com.

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