Kibo Mining Plc Share Issue (8173G)

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RNS Number : 8173G

Kibo Mining Plc

10 August 2016

Kibo Mining Plc (Incorporated in Ireland)

(Registration Number: 451931)

(External registration number: 2011/007371/10)

Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO

Share code on the AIM:KIBO

ISIN:IE00B97C0C31

("Kibo" or "the Company")

10 August 2016

Share Issue

Kibo Mining plc ("Kibo" or the "Company") (AIM: KIBO; AltX: KBO), the Tanzania focused mineral exploration and development Company has today elected to make the fifth drawdown of the loan facility (the "Facility") provided to the Company by Sanderson Capital Partners Limited ("Sanderson"), the details of which were announced in the Company's RNS of 03 March 2016.

In accordance with the terms of the Facility the Company has today allotted 971,429 Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") of EUR0.015 par value each in the capital of the Company to Sanderson. The Shares will be issued as a drawdown fee upon receipt of GBP300,000 from Sanderson, representing the fifth drawdown on the Facility of up to GBP1,500,000 provided by Sanderson to the Company and will be issued at a price of 5.25 pence per share.

Application will be made for the Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and the JSE AltX markets. Trading in the Shares is expected to commence on AIM and the JSE on or around 16 August 2016 ("Admission"). On completion of Admission the Company will have 355,603,745 shares in issue.

Contacts

 
                        +27 (0) 83        Kibo Mining           Chief Executive 
       Louis Coetzee      2606126             plc                    Officer 
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     Andreas Lianos     +27 (0) 83        River Group             Corporate Adviser 
                          4408365                                  and Designated 
                                                                   Adviser on JSE 
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       Jon Belliss      +44 (0) 207          Beaufort                Broker 
                          382 8300            Securities 
                                              Limited 
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      Oliver Morse      +61 8 9480        RFC Ambrian          Nominated Adviser 
                            2500           Limited                   on AIM 
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  Daniel Thöle     +44 (0) 203 
   / Anna Legge           772 2500       Bell Pottinger         Investor and Media 
                                                                    Relations 
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Kibo Mining - Notes to editors

Kibo Mining is listed on the AIM market in London and the AltX in Johannesburg. The Company is focused on exploration and development of mineral projects in Tanzania, and controls one of Tanzania's largest mineral right portfolios. Tanzania provides a secure and stable operating environment for the mineral resource industry and Kibo Mining therein.

Kibo Mining holds a thermal coal deposit at Mbeya, which has a significant NI 43-101 compliant defined resource, and is developing a 250-350 MW mouth-of-mine thermal power station, the Mbeya Coal to Power Project ("MCPP"), previously called Rukwa Coal to Power Project ("RCPP"), with an established management team that includes Standard Bank as Financial Advisor. Kibo is undertaking a Coal Mining Definitive Feasibility Study and a Power Pre-Feasibility Study for the Mbeya project with an integrated Bankable Feasibility Study report for the MCPP to be released in the near term. On 20th April 2015, Kibo signed a Joint Development Agreement for the completion of the Definitive Feasibility Studies and development of the MCPP with China based EPC contractor SEPCO III.

The Company also has extensive gold focused interests including Lake Victoria Goldfields and Morogoro projects. At Lake Victoria, the Company has 100% owned projects with a 550,000 oz. JORC compliant gold Mineral Resource at the Imweru Project and a 168,000 oz. NI 43-101 compliant gold Mineral Resource at the Lubando Project. The Company is currently undertaking a Definitive Feasibility Study on its Imweru Project.

Kibo also holds the Haneti Project on which the latest technical report confirms prospectivity for nickel, PGMs, gold and strategic metals including lithium.

Kibo Mining further holds the Pinewood (coal & uranium) project where the company has entered into a 50/50 Exploration Joint Venture with Metal Tiger plc.

Finally, the Company also holds the Morogoro (gold) project where the company has also entered into a 50/50 Exploration Joint Venture with Metal Tiger plc.

The Company's projects are located in the established and gold prolific Lake Victoria Goldfields, the emerging goldfields of eastern Tanzania and the Mtwara Corridor in southern Tanzania where the Government has prioritized infrastructural development attracting significant recent investment in coal and uranium. The Company has a positive working relationship with the Tanzanian government at local, regional and national levels and works hard to maintain positive relationships with all communities where company interests are held. The Company recognizes the potential to enhance the quality of life and opportunity for Tanzanian citizens through careful development of its projects.

Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on its website www.kibomining.com

Johannesburg

10 August 2016

Corporate and Designated Adviser

River Group

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