Alba Mineral Resrcs. - Director Subscription, Retail Offer & Equity Issue
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Alba Mineral Resources PLC
13 November 2024
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Alba Mineral Resources Plc / EPIC: ALBA / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining
13 November 2024
Alba Mineral Resources Plc
("Alba" or the "Company")
Director Subscription, Results of Retail Offer and Issue of Equity
Alba Mineral Resources plc(AIM: ALBA) announces issues of equity as follows:
Director Subscription and Retail Offer
Further to its announcement of 6 November 2024, the Company has conditionally raised approximately £37,023
(before expenses) via the conditional issue of 123,410,000new ordinary shares of 0.01 penceeach in the capital of
the Company (the "Retail Offer Shares") at a price of0.03p per share(the "Issue Price")pursuant to its offerto its
existing retail shareholders via CMC CapX (the "Retail Offer"). The Retail Offer includes a subscription of £20,000
by George Frangeskides, Chairman of the Company, and £3,000 by Elizabeth Henson, Non-Executive Director (the
"Subscription").
The offer was available on fewer platforms than previously which may have contributed to the lesser take-up of
the offer. This was outside the Company's control. The Company wishes to thank shareholders for their
continued support.
The Retail Offer is conditional on the Retail Offer Shares being admitted to trading on the AIM market operated by
London Stock Exchange plc ("Admission"). Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on or around18
November 2024.
This announcement should be read in its entirety. In particular, the information in the "Important Notices" section
of the announcement should be read and understood.
Settlement of fees
The Company also announces that it has settled approximately £20,000 in fees via the issue of 50,860,071 new
ordinary shares to two suppliers.
Director Subscription
The table below provides details of the purchase of Shares by Directors of the Company under the Subscription
and their resulting interests following the purchase. The PDMR forms are set out at the bottom of this
announcement.
Director
George Frangeskides
Elizabeth Henson
Subscription (£)
£20,000
£3,000
Shares Allotted
66,666,667
10,000,000
The Subscription by George Frangeskides and Elizabeth Henson for shares in the Retail Offer constitutes a related
party transaction as defined by the AIM Rules. The independent director of the Company, Michael Nott,
considers, having consulted with SPARK Advisory Partners Ltd, the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms
of the Subscription are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
Important Notices
The contents of this announcement have been prepared by and issued by the Company and is the sole
responsibility of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company are responsible for arranging the release of
this announcement on behalf of the Company.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of
America.
This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities referred to herein
have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be
offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. No public
offering of securities is being made in the United States.
This announcement and the information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into or from Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, or any other
jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.
The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose
possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and
observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
CMC CapX is a software and technology platform owned and operated by CMC Markets UK plc (trading as CMC
CapX) (registered address at133 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7BX). CMC Markets UK plc ("CMC") is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else and will not
regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as its client in relation to the Retail
Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its
clients, nor for providing advice in connection with the Retail Offer, Admission and the other arrangements
referred to in this announcement.
Admission to AIM
Application will be made for the 174,270,071 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission").
It is expected that Admission of the new ordinary shares will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on or around 18
November 2024. The new ordinary shares will be issued credited as fully paid and will rank in full for all dividends
and other distributions declared, made or paid after Admission and will otherwise rank on Admission pari passu in
all respects with the existing ordinary shares.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 10,911,209,337. The Company does not
hold any ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights will be
10,911,209,337. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The Company's LEI is 213800Z1BU53AWR9J329.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the
Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of this announcement.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or anticipated future events and
anticipated results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business conditions, competition for qualified staff, the
regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, uncertainties resulting from potential delays or
changes in plans, uncertainties resulting from working in a new political jurisdiction, uncertainties regarding the
results of exploration, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of prospecting rights, uncertainties
regarding the timing and granting of regulatory and other third party consents and approvals, uncertainties
regarding the Company's or any third party's ability to execute and implement future plans, and the occurrence
of unexpected events. Actual results achieved may vary from the information provided herein as a result of
numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors.
**ENDS**
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(www.albamineralresources.com) and sign up to receive news and engage with the Alba management
team.Subscribe to our news alert service(https://alba-l.investorhub.com/auth/signup) and visit @AlbaMinerals on
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Alba Mineral Resources plc
+44 20 3950 0725
George Frangeskides, Executive Chairman
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nomad)
+44 20 3368 3555
Andrew Emmott
CMC Markets plc (Broker)
+44 20 3003 8632
Thomas Smith / Douglas Crippen
Alba's Projects & Investments
Projects Operated by Alba
Location
Ownership
Clogau (gold)
Wales
100%
Dolgellau Gold Exploration (gold)
Wales
100%
Gwynfynydd (gold)
Wales
100%
Location
Ownership
Greenland
34.34%
England
11.765%
Investments Held by Alba
GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (graphite
- anode)
Horse Hill (oil)
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Mr George Frangeskides
2 Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Alba Mineral Resources plc
b)
LEI
213800Z1BU53AWR9J329
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
a)
Description of the
financial instrument, type
of instrument
Ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each
Identification code
GB00B06KBB18
b)
Nature of the transaction
Subscription for Ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
d)
Price(s)
Volume
0.03 pence
66,666,667
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
N/A
- Price
e)
Date of the transaction
13 November 2024
f)
Place of the transaction
London, UK
2 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
MsElizabeth Henson
2 Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Non-Executive Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Alba Mineral Resources plc
b)
LEI
213800Z1BU53AWR9J329
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
a)
Description of the
financial instrument, type
of instrument
Ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each
Identification code
GB00B06KBB18
b)
Nature of the transaction
Subscription for Ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
d)
Price(s)
Volume
0.03 pence
10,000,000
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
N/A
- Price
e)
Date of the transaction
13 November 2024
f)
Place of the transaction
London, UK
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