Pathfinder Minerals Plc Issue of Equity (6247T)

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RNS Number : 6247T

Pathfinder Minerals Plc

31 March 2016

Embargoed: 0700hrs, 31 March 2016

Pathfinder Minerals Plc

("Pathfinder" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

Further to the subscription announced on 17 March 2016, the Company is pleased to announce that investor demand through the PrimaryBid platform has led to the raising of a further GBP100,000 through a subscription for 9,090,909 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 1.1p per share (the "Subscription"). The Subscription price represented a 15% discount to the closing price on 30 March 2016 and a premium of 24% to the price of the previous subscription which took place on 17 March 2016. The proceeds of the Subscription will provide the Company with the ability to continue pursuing the recovery of its mining licences.

The Company has applied for the admission of the Subscription shares to trading on AIM which is expected to take place on or around 7 April 2016 ("Admission"). Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 136,831,656 Ordinary Shares with no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. Therefore the above figure of 136,831,656 may be used by shareholders 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, Pathfinder under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

PrimaryBid is an online investment platform that allows investors to gain access to placings, fund raisings and IPOs of AIM-listed companies.

Nick Trew, CEO, commented:

"I am pleased that the PrimaryBid platform has facilitated this additional investment into Pathfinder as we continue the strategy to recover our assets and ultimately to progress their development."

Enquiries:

Pathfinder Minerals Plc

Nick Trew, Chief Executive

Tel. [phone]

WH Ireland Limited (Nomad and Broker)

Paul Shackleton or Mark Leonard

Tel. [phone]

Vigo Communications (Public Relations)

Ben Simons or Ali Roper

Tel. [phone]

Email. [e-mail]

PrimaryBid

Dave Mutton or Anand Sambasivan

Tel. [phone]

Email. [e-mail]

Notes to Editors:

Pathfinder Minerals Plc is incorporated in England & Wales and is admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

CMdN, a subsidiary of Pathfinder, was issued mining concession licences 760C and 4623C on 13 September 2004 and 13 July 2011 respectively, each for a period of twenty-five years. Taken together, these mining concessions cover approximately 32,000 hectares of land on the Indian Ocean coast of the Zambezia province of Mozambique, known to contain the heavy minerals, ilmenite, rutile and zircon.

As announced on 3 February 2012, ownership of these licences is being disputed.

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