Greatland Gold PLC Issue of Equity (3067R)

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RNS Number : 3067R

Greatland Gold PLC

20 September 2017

20 September 2017

Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR).

Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or "the Company")

Issue of Equity

Strategic Financing Raises GBP750,000, Funds to be Used to Accelerate Exploration Across Greatland's Portfolio of Exploration Projects

Greatland Gold plc (LON:GGP), the London Stock Exchange AIM listed precious and base metals exploration and development business, is pleased to announce that the Company has raised GBP750,000 through a placing of shares in the Company with sophisticated investors who specialize in investing in the mining and resources sector.

Highlights:

-- Placing of 166,666,667 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the capital of Greatland at a placing price of 0.45p per Ordinary Share, raising gross proceeds of GBP750,000 (the "Placing");

-- Issue of 166,666,667 warrants to subscribe for 166,666,667 new Ordinary Shares in Greatland at an exercise price of 0.7p per warrant, within a 24 month exercise period;

-- The net proceeds of the Placing will be used to accelerate exploration activity across Greatland's portfolio of 100% owned, Australian-based projects;

   --     The funds raised increase the Company's cash balances to approximately GBP1,500,000. 

Gervaise Heddle, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "I am pleased at the level of support for our oversubscribed placing of GBP750,000 and look forward to putting the funds raised to work within the Company by accelerating our exploration plans across the portfolio of 100% owned, Australian-based projects. We welcome our new shareholders onto our register and thank our existing shareholders for their continued support."

Placing summary

Greatland has agreed a placing to raise GBP750,000 of gross proceeds through the issue of 166,666,667 Ordinary Shares at price per share of 0.45p (the "Placing Shares").

Each Placing Share issued has an accompanying unlisted and non-transferrable warrant to subscribe for an additional Greatland new ordinary share at a price of 0.7p at any time within the 24 months following admission to trading of the Placing Shares (representing the issue of a total of 166,666,667 warrants). Each warrant will include an accelerated exercise condition ("Accelerator") such that in the event the that the Company's volume weighted average share price exceeds 1.0p for a period of five consecutive trading days the Company shall be entitled to give holders of the warrants 5 business days' notice that the warrants must be exercised within a further 10 business days, following which they will otherwise expire. Should all of these warrants be exercised, a further GBP1,166,666 will be raised for the Company at a price of 0.7p.

The 166,666,667 Placing Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on, or around, 4(th) October 2017. For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of Greatland following the issue and allotment of the Placing Shares comprises 2,245,201,748 Ordinary Shares with voting rights attached (one vote per share). There are no shares held in treasury. This total figure of 2,245,201,748 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Greatland under the DTRs.

In connection with the placing, and conditional on the Admission of the Placing Shares, Salonica Capital will also receive an unlisted and non-transferrable warrant to subscribe for 10,000,000 Greatland new ordinary shares at a price of 0.7p at any time within the 24 months following the admission to trading of the Placing Shares that will include the Accelerator described above.

Enquiries:

Greatland Gold PLC

Callum Baxter/Gervaise Heddle

Tel [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

www.greatlandgold.com

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Mark Brady/Sean Wyndham-Quin/James Keeshan

Tel [phone]

SI Capital Limited (Broker)

Nick Emerson

Tel [phone]

Luther Pendragon (Media and Investor Relations)

Harry Chathli/Ana Ribeiro/Alexis Gore

Tel [phone]

Notes for Editors:

Greatland Gold plc is London listed (LON:GGP) natural resource exploration and development company with a current focus on gold and nickel exploration projects.

The Company has six main projects; four situated in Western Australia and two in Tasmania. All projects are 100% owned by Greatland or Greatland has the right to take 100% ownership.

Greatland is seeking to identify large mineral deposits in areas that have not been subject to extensive exploration previously. It is widely recognised that the next generation of large deposits will come from such under-explored areas and Greatland is applying advanced exploration techniques to investigate a number of carefully selected targets within its focused licence portfolio.

The Company is also actively investigating a range of new opportunities in precious and strategic metals and will update the market on new opportunities as and when appropriate.

This information is provided by RNS

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