Anglo Asian Mining PLC Director Dealing (3477M)

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RNS Number : 3477M

Anglo Asian Mining PLC

27 July 2017

Anglo Asian Mining plc / Ticker: AAZ / Index: AIM / Sector Mining

27 July 2017

Anglo Asian Mining plc

Director Dealing

Anglo Asian Mining plc ("Anglo Asian" or the "Company"), the AIM-listed gold, copper and silver producer focused in Azerbaijan, announces that on 27 July 2017 it was notified that Khosrow Zamani, Non-executive Chairman of the Company and Richard Round, Non-executive Director of the Company have each sold 341,238 and 545,079 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") respectively at a price of 17.72p.

On 17 January 2017, the Board approved the conditional and irrevocable exercise by Khosrow Zamani and Richard Round of their options to acquire 500,000 and 600,000 Ordinary Shares respectively at an exercise price of 12 pence per Ordinary Share ("Option Agreement"), the exercise of which was deemed to occur on 26 July 2017. The exercise of these options was conditional upon the mid-market price of an Ordinary Share being 13.5 pence or more on 26 July 2017.

Pursuant to the Option Agreement, Khosrow Zamani and Richard Round each agreed to the sale of such number of Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the above share option exercises as would be required to produce net proceeds of sale (after deduction of all fees, commissions and expenses in relation to such sale) sufficient to meet the cost of exercising the share options and discharging any tax liability arising from the exercise of the share options for which the Company is liable.

Following this transaction, Khosrow Zamani has interest in a total of 1,418,352 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.25 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

Following this transaction, Richard Round has an interest in a total of 361,680 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.32 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail on the director's share dealing.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)   Name:                              Khosrow Zamani 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status:                   Non-executive 
                                          Chairman 
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 b)   Initial notification/Amendment:    Initial notification 
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 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name:                              Anglo Asian Mining 
                                          plc 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI:                               213800F9JM669WH34359 
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 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       Ordinary shares 
       instrument, type of instrument:    of 1 pence each 
       Identification code:               GB00B0C18177 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction:         Sale of shares 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s):              Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
                                            17.72p     341,238 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:            Single transaction 
       Aggregated volume:                 as in 4 c) above Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       Price:                             ---------  ---------- 
                                           17.72p     341,238 
                                          ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction:           2017-07-27 
                                          11:51 hrs UTC 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction:          London Stock 
                                          Exchange, AIM 
                                          Market 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities/person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name:                              Richard Round 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 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:                              Anglo Asian Mining 
                                          plc 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI:                               213800F9JM669WH34359 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 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       Ordinary shares 
       instrument, type of instrument:    of 1 pence each 
       Identification code:               GB00B0C18177 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction:         Sale of shares 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s):              Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
                                            17.72p     545,079 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:            Single transaction 
       Aggregated volume:                 as in 4 c) above Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       Price:                             ---------  ---------- 
                                           17.72p     545,079 
                                          ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction:           2017-07-27 
                                          11:51 hrs UTC 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction:          London Stock 
                                          Exchange, AIM 
                                          Market 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 

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For further information please visit www.angloasianmining.com or contact:

 
                 Anglo Asian          Tel: +994 12 
 Reza Vaziri      Mining plc           596 3350 
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                 Anglo Asian          Tel: +994 502 
 Bill Morgan      Mining plc           910 400 
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 Stephen         Anglo Asian          Tel: +994 502 
  Westhead        Mining plc           916 894 
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 Ewan Leggat     SP Angel Corporate   Tel: +44 (0) 
                  Finance LLP          20 3470 0470 
                  Nominated Adviser 
                  and Broker 
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 Soltan          SP Angel Corporate   Tel + 44 (0) 
  Tagiev          Finance LLP          20 3470 0470 
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 Lottie          St Brides Partners   Tel: +44 (0) 
  Brocklehurst    Ltd                  20 7236 1177 
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 Susie Geliher   St Brides Partners   Tel: +44 (0) 
                  Ltd                  20 7236 1177 
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