Alba Mineral Resources PLC Issue of Equity (8940M)

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RNS Number : 8940M

Alba Mineral Resources PLC

02 May 2018

Alba Mineral Resources plc

("Alba" or "the Company")

Placing to raise GBP800,000

Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA) is pleased to announce that it has raised GBP800,000 (before expenses) through the issue of 266,666,666 new ordinary shares at a price of 0.3 pence per ordinary share (the "Placing"), conditional on the admission of such new ordinary shares to trading on AIM ("Admission").

The placing proceeds will be principally used, in addition to the proceeds from the placing announced on 29 March 2018, to advance and accelerate the Company's interests across its existing portfolio of assets in the onshore UK oil and gas sector (Horse Hill and Brockham), its mining exploration portfolio, notably in Greenland and Wales, and for general working capital purposes.

Admission to AIM

Application will be made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on or around 10 May 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 2,848,614,934. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights will be 2,848,614,934. 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 / Richard Nash                     [phone] 

First Equity Limited (Broker)

   Jason Robertson                                                             [phone] 

Yellow Jersey PR (Financial PR/ IR)

   Tim Thompson / Sophia Macleod / Henry Wilkinson           [phone] 

[e-mail]

Alba's Principal Operations & Investments

Oil & Gas

Horse Hill (Oil & Gas, UK): Alba holds an 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.

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

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.

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.

Gold Mines of Wales (Gold, Wales, UK): Alba holds a 49 per cent interest in Gold Mines of Wales, the ultimate owner of the Clogau Gold project situated in the Dolgellau Gold Belt in Wales.

Inglefield Land (Multi-Commodity, Greenland): Alba owns 100 per cent of mineral exploration licences 2017/40 and 2018/15 in north-west Greenland.

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.

Web: www.albamineralresources.com

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