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MAFL Mineral & Financial Investments Limited

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Mineral & Financial Investments Limited LSE:MAFL London Ordinary Share KYG6181G1055 ORD 1P (DI)
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Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Metal Mining Services 2.39M 1.55M 0.0420 2.62 4.06M

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Mineral & Financial Invest. Limited

31 January 2018

Mineral and Financial Investments Limited

Lagoa Salgada Deposit Increased by 114% to a 9.62Mt Resource

HIGHLIGHTS:

-- Lagoa Salgada Resource increased by 114% to 9.62Mt resource, at the top end of 8.0Mt to 10.0Mt guidance given last year, on in-fill drill program at LS-1 and new resource at LS-1 Central Sectors.

-- Zinc grade for the LS-1 total resource is 2.59%. In-situ Zinc increased by 94.5% to 548.9M/lbs.

-- Lead grade for the LS-1 total resource is 2.59%. In-situ Lead increased by 98.8% to 549.5M/lbs.

-- Copper grade for the LS-1 total resource is 0.35%. In-situ Copper increased by 116.2% to 73.6M/lbs.

   --     Tin resource in the Gossan will be calculated at a later date. 

George Town, Cayman Island - January 31, 2018 - Mineral & Financial Investments is very pleased to announce its 49%-owned investment, TH Crestgate GmbH, a private Swiss-based investment company has received the final draft of the resource update of the LS-1 deposit at the 100%-owned Lagoa Salgada zinc-lead-copper project in central southern Portugal.

AGP Mining Consultants Inc. of Canada completed a Technical Report (43-101) resource evaluation. The deposit's resource tonnage was increased by 114% to 9.62Mt. The details of the resource can be seen below:

 
 Category              2018 LS-1 AREA RESOURCE UPDATE SUMMARY 
  3% cut-off 
  grade* 
--------------  --------------------------------------------------- 
                  Tonnes     Mineral    Grade   Contained     Units 
                                                 Metal 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Zn (%)    2.84    356,136,000   Lbs. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Pb (%)    3.01    378,246,653   Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Cu (%)    0.32    40,212,269    Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                             Ag (g/t)   54.28    9,947,305     Oz. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
 LS-1 Sector 
  Indicated      5,700,000   Au (g/t)   0.79      144,775      Oz. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Zn (%)    2.50    106,924,070   Lbs. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Pb (%)    2.84    121,465,744   Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Cu (%)    0.24    10,264,711    Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                             Ag (g/t)   48.22    3,007,597     Oz. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
 LS-1 Sector 
  Inferred       1,940,000   Au (g/t)   0.66      41,166       Oz. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Zn (%)    1.95    85,120,378    Lbs. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Pb (%)    1.14    49,762,683    Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Cu (%)    0.53    23,135,282    Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                             Ag (g/t)   18.55    1,180,864     Oz. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
 LS-1 Central 
  Sector 
  Inferred       1,980,000   Au (g/t)   0.07       4,456       Oz. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Zn (%)    2.59    548,928,334   Lbs. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Pb (%)    2.59    549,475,080   Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                              Cu (%)    0.30    73,612,262    Lbs. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
                             Ag (g/t)   45.7    14,135,766     Oz. 
                            ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
 Total           9,620,000   Au (g/t)   0.62      190,397      Oz. 
--------------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------------  ------ 
 

*100% of resource - MAFL own 49% of the project through its ownership in TH Crestgate GmbH

Source: AGP Mining Consultants (Paul Daigle, P.Geo.)

Jacques Vaillancourt, Chairman of Mineral and Financial, stated that -" This is an extraordinary result for the first year of exploration at the Lagoa Salgada Project. Increasing the tonnage while maintaining the grades of the original LS-1 resource is a very is a great achievement. Additionally, establishing a maiden resource for the LS-1 Central Sector is also a very significant achievement in 12 months. Lagoa Salgada is now the 3(rd) largest known zinc-lead-copper deposit in Portugal, after the Neves Corvo and Aljustrel mines. The location of the Lagoa Salgada project on the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), just north of the 250Mt Aljustrel mine and to the east of the old Lousal mine, that operated from 1900 to 1988, shows that the ore bodies in the area have very large scale and long life potential "

M&FI had repeatedly guided towards a range of 8.0Mt to 10.0Mt. This resource update is at the top end of the guidance given over the past 6 months. LS-1 is one of 17 known anomalies on the Lagoa Salgada property. The LS-1 area's resource is comprised of two sectors: The LS-1 Sector resource, which increased its total tonnage by 69.9% to 7.64Mt, and: The LS-1 Central Sector where a new maiden inferred resource of 1.98Mt was established. The mineralogical study completed recently highlighted the presence of significant tin in the gossan cap of the LS-1 deposit. The Company is reviewing the resource potential of the high-grade tin assays in the gossan cap which overlays the LS-1 deposit.

The overall impact of the program was to increase Lagoa Salgada metal content as follows:

 
  Metal      In-situ     % Increase    Metal Value 
             content                   Distribution 
                                       (Using Spot 
                                          Price) 
--------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 Zinc 
  (lbs)    548,928,334     94.5%          38.1% 
--------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 Lead 
  (lbs)    549,475,080     98.8%          29.1% 
--------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 Copper 
  (lbs)    73,612,262      116.2%         10.4% 
--------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 Silver 
  (oz)     14,135,766      83.0%          10.9% 
--------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 Gold 
  (oz)       190,397       63.4%          11.4% 
--------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 

To compare the resource increase of the LS-1 Sector only, total tonnages increased by 70% while grades were essentially unchanged. This is noteworthy, as the drill program was an infill program of angled drill holes within the known mineral envelope. Seventy nine holes (79) have been drilled in the Lagoa Salgada Project, 35 holes in the LS-1 Area (17 in the LS-1 Sector and 9 in the LS-1 Central Sector's deposits') executed drill holes were relatively shallow, averaging 300m (including the 140m of tertiary cover) when compared to the deposit depth of the mines on the Iberian Pyrite Belt. There remains significant exploration potential below the known deposit, additionally the deposit is open to both the south and to the east. Additional structural work must be done to fully understand the ore displacement that the surrounding faulting may have caused.

 
                             LS-1 2018 Resource                        LS-1 2012 Resource 
                                    (New)                                     (Old) 
------------  -----------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------  --------  ---------- 
                                                   Contained                          Contained                Metal 
    Area/        Tonnes      Mineral      Grade      Metal        Tonnes     Grade      Metal        Units    Content 
   Category                                                                                                   Increase 
------------  ----------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Zn 
                   (%)                   2.84     356,136,000               3.40     220,521,729    Lbs.       61.8% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Pb 
                   (%)                   3.01     378,246,653               2.94     190,686,436    Lbs.       98.4% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Cu 
                   (%)                   0.32     40,212,269                0.34     22,052,173     Lbs.       82.4% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Ag 
                  (g/t)                  54.3      9,947,305                54.7      5,175,824      Oz.       92.2% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 LS-1 
  Sector                       Au 
  Indicated      5.7Mt        (g/t)      0.79       144,775      2.94Mt     0.82       77,562        Oz.       86.7% 
------------  ----------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Zn 
                   (%)                   2.50     106,924,070               1.80     66,667,071     Lbs.       73.4% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Pb 
                   (%)                   2.84     121,465,744               2.50     85,648,710     Lbs.       41.8% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Cu 
                   (%)                   0.24     10,264,711                0.35     11,990,819     Lbs.      -14.4% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Ag 
                  (g/t)                  48.2      3,007,597                51.0      2,548,710      Oz.       18.0% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 LS-1 
  Sector                       Au 
  Inferred      1.94Mt        (g/t)      0.66       41,166       1.55Mt     0.78       38,971        Oz.       5.6% 
------------  ----------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Zn 
                   (%)                    2.8     548,928,334               2.85     282,188,800    Lbs.       64.4% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Pb 
                   (%)                    3.0     549,475,080               2.79     276,335,146    Lbs.       80.8% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Cu 
                   (%)                   0.30     73,612,262                0.34     34,042,992     Lbs.       48.3% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
                   Ag 
                  (g/t)                  52.7     14,135,766                53.4      7,723,897      Oz.       67.7% 
  -----------------------------------  --------  ------------             --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 LS-1 
  Sector                       Au 
  Total         7.64Mt        (g/t)       0.8       190,397      4.5Mt       0.8       116,532       Oz.       59.6% 
------------  ----------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 

References in this announcement to exploration results and resource updates have been approved for release by Joao Barros, BSc (Engineering), MSc (Geology), who has more than 15 years of relevant experience in the field of activity concerned. Mr. Barros is a Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association. Mr. Barros is employed by Redcorp Empreedimentos Mineiros, Lda., a wholly owned subsidiary of TH Crestgate GmbH, and has consented to the inclusion of the material in the form and context in which it appears.

This report should be seen as indicative of possible mineral content and not definitive, as the sample group is insufficient to arrive at any economic conclusions.

For more information:

   Katy Mitchell, WH Ireland Group Limited                                   +44 161 832 2174 
   Jon Belliss, Beaufort Securities Limited                                       +44 207 382 8300 
   Jacques Vaillancourt, Mineral & Financial Investments Ltd.         +44 780 226 8247 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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