Lappland Goldminers AB : The ruling of the Environmental Court for planned activities in Fäboliden has been appealed

The ruling of the Environmental Court, which was made public on
Friday December 21, 2007 at 11:00 a.m., granting permission and
stipulating the conditions for the mining and processing plant
project of Lappland Goldminers AB at Fäboliden in the municipality of
Lycksele in Västerbotten, has been appealed to the Miljööverdomstolen
(Supreme Environmental Court). Three land owners and Naturvårdsverket
(Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) have appealed the decision
of the court.

The fact that  the ruling was  appealed is not  surprising to us,  as
some land owners  have been opposing  our establishment in  Fäboliden
all along.  What is very surprising, however, is that the ruling  has
been appealed by Naturvårdsverket.  Naturvårdsverket has been one  of
the parties given  the opportunity to  review our submissions  during
the entire environmental impact study process.  Throughout this  they
have concurred  with the  views of  the County  Administrative  Board
concerning  changes  and  handlings  needed  to  approve  our  planed
activity. During the review process  we have adapted our  application
to comply with, among others, the views of Naturvårdverket, and after
this they abstained  from further demands  for changes or  handlings.
They furthermore elected not to take part in the negotiations in  the
Environmental Court.  To now  then appeal,  without specifying  their
reasons  and  on  top  of  this  also  requesting  an  extension  for
submitting their views, we  consider abuse of  authority and lack  of
respect for both commercial interests  who have invested millions  in
the application for  environmental permit  for the  activity and  the
process  that   the   legislator   assumed   when   introducing   the
Environmental Code. We will request a ruling allowing us to go  ahead
in accordance to the Environmental Court ruling and that they do  not
grant the extension for Naturvårdsverket in submitting their  answer,
says Karl-Åke Johansson, CEO.

About the Company
Lappland Goldminers AB  is an  exploration company with  the goal  of
becoming a producing  mining company.  The company is  listed on  the
market  place  "First  North"  under  the  name  GOLD,  with  Mangold
Fondkommision AB as the Certified Adviser, as well as the OTC list of
the Oslo exchange. Lappland Goldminers  has secured a number of  gold
deposits  along  the  so-called  Guldlinjen  ("The  Gold  Line")   in
Västerbotten, Sweden and in the  Tampere schist belt in Finland.  The
Company's strategy is to develop a profitable, producing gold company
with a centrally located processing  plant in Fäboliden, Sweden,  and
in the Haveri area in Finland, which is supported by ore from one  or
several  mines  either  through  the  Company's  own  exploration  or
alternatively through acquisitions.

The company is a member of  SveMin, the trade association for  mines,
minerals and metal producers in  Sweden (formerly called the  Swedish
Mining Association) and follows  SveMin's reporting rules for  public
mining and exploration companies.
For additional information about Lappland Goldminers AB, please
contact:

Karl-Åke Johansson, CEO                 Tomas Björklund, Board Member
Ph. +46 950-275 01, +46 70-625 22 57     Ph. +46 70-662 35 35
karl-ake.johansson@lgold.se           tomas.bjorklund@lgold.se
Or see Lappland Goldminers' web site  www.lapplandgoldminers.com
at:
About Mangold Fondkommission:          www.mangold.se