Alba Mineral Resources PLC Completion of Acquisition of Further Stake in GMOW (8614Y)

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RNS Number : 8614Y

Alba Mineral Resources PLC

24 August 2018

Alba Mineral Resources plc

("Alba" or the "Company")

Alba Completes Acquisition

of Further Stake in Clogau Gold Project

Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA), the diversified mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to confirm, further to the announcement of 16 July 2018, that it has now completed the acquisition of a further 41 per cent interest in Gold Mines of Wales Limited ("GMOW") on the terms set out in that announcement. Accordingly, Alba now holds a 90 per cent interest in the Clogau Gold Project situated within the Dolgellau Gold Belt in North Wales, United Kingdom (the "Project").

Admission to AIM

Application will be made for the 185,714,285 Alba consideration shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 31 August 2018. 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 3,034,329,219. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights will be 3,034,329,219. 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.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

For further information please contact:

Alba Mineral Resources plc

   George Frangeskides, Executive Chairman                  [phone] 

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nomad)

   James Caithie / Liam Murray                                      [phone] 

First Equity Limited (Broker)

   Jason Robertson                                                     [phone] 

Yellow Jersey (PR/IR)

   Tim Thompson/Harriet Jackson                                 [phone] 

Alba's Project Portfolio

Mining

Amitsoq (Graphite, Greenland): Alba owns a 90 per cent interest in the Amitsoq Graphite Project in Southern Greenland and has an option over the remaining 10 per cent.

Clogau (Gold, Wales): Alba owns a 90 per cent interest in Gold Mines of Wales Limited ("GMOW"), the ultimate owner of the Clogau Gold project situated in the Dolgellau Gold Belt in Wales.

Inglefield Land (Copper, Cobalt, Gold): Alba owns 100 per cent of mineral exploration licence 2017/40 in north-west Greenland.

Limerick (Base Metals, Ireland): Alba owns 100 per cent of the Limerick base metal project in the Republic of Ireland.

Melville Bay (Iron Ore, Greenland): Alba is entitled to a 51 per cent interest in mineral exploration licence 2017/41 in Melville Bay, north-west Greenland. The licence area benefits from an existing inferred JORC resource of 67 Mt @ 31.4% Fe.

Thule Black Sands (Ilmenite, Greenland): Alba owns 100 per cent of mineral exploration licences 2017/29 and 2017/39 in the Thule region, north-west Greenland.

Oil & Gas

Brockham (Oil & Gas, UK): Alba has a direct 5 per cent interest in Production Licence 235, which comprises the previously producing onshore Brockham Oil Field.

Horse Hill (Oil & Gas, UK): Alba holds a 18.1 per cent interest in Horse Hill Developments Limited, the company which has a 65 per cent participating interest and operatorship of the Horse Hill oil and gas project (licences PEDL 137 and PEDL 246) in the UK Weald Basin.

Web: www.albamineralresources.com

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