Savannah Resources PLC Notification of Major Shareholding

RNS Number : 3298X

Savannah Resources PLC

22 July 2024

 

 

 

22 July 2024                                                                                 

Savannah Resources Plc

(AIM: SAV, FWB: SAV and SWB: SAV) ('Savannah', or the 'Company')

 

Notification of Major Shareholding

 

An Event Changing the Breakdown of Voting Rights

 

Savannah Resources Plc, the developer of the Barroso Lithium Project (the 'Project') in Portugal, Europe's largest spodumene lithium deposit, announces that it has received the following TR-1 notification in relation to an acquisition of shares by Mário Nuno Dos Santos Ferreira, presented below.

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00B647W791

Issuer Name

SAVANNAH RESOURCES PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

 

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Mário Nuno dos Santos Ferreira

City of registered office (if applicable)

Porto

Country of registered office (if applicable)

Portugal

 

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

 

City of registered office (if applicable)

 

Country of registered office (if applicable)

 

 

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

18-Jul-2024

 

 

6. Date on which Issuer notified

19-Jul-2024

 

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

 

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	5.000000	0.000000	5.000000	108638711
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.220000	0.000000	4.220000

 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B647W791	108638711		5.000000
Sub Total 8.A	108638711		5.000000%

 

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

 

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

 

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

1. Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

 

10. In case of proxy voting

 

Name of the proxy holder

 

The number and % of voting rights held

 

The date until which the voting rights will be held

 

11. Additional Information

 

 

12. Date of Completion

19-Jul-2024

 

13. Place Of Completion

Porto, Portugal

 

        

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

 

Savannah Resources PLC Emanuel Proença, CEO	Tel: [phone]
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker) David Hignell/ Charlie Bouverat (Corporate Finance) Grant Barker/Abigail Wayne (Sales & Broking)	Tel: [phone]
SCP Resource Finance (Joint Broker) Filipe Martins/Chris Tonkin	Tel: [phone]
Camarco (Financial PR) Gordon Poole/ Emily Hall / Nuthara Bandara	Tel: [phone]
LPM (Portugal Media Relations) Herminio Santos/ Jorge Coelho / Margarida Pinheiro	Tel: [phone]

 

 

About Savannah

Savannah Resources is a mineral resource development company and the sole owner of the Barroso Lithium Project in northern Portugal, the largest battery grade spodumene lithium resource outlined to date in Europe.

 

Through the Barroso Lithium Project (the 'Project'), Savannah will help Portugal to play an important role in providing a long-term, locally sourced, lithium raw material supply for Europe's rapidly developing lithium battery value chain. After the Environmental Licence was granted in May 2023 and the Scoping Study confirmed the economic potential of the Project in June 2023, production is now targeted and on track to begin in 2026. At that stage, Savannah will start producing enough lithium (contained in c.190,000tpa of spodumene concentrate) for approximately half a million vehicle battery packs per year, equal to a significant portion of the European Commission's Critical Raw Material Act goal of a minimum 10% of European endogenous lithium production set for 2030. Savannah is focused on the responsible development and operation of the Barroso Lithium Project so that its impact on the environment is minimised and the socio-economic benefits that it can bring to all its stakeholders are maximised.

 

In June 2024, Savannah entered a strategic partnership with AMG Critical Materials N.V., the global critical materials business and established lithium market participant. AMG has invested GBP 16m in Savannah in exchange for a 15.8% stake in the Company and a 5 year, 45ktpa spodumene offtake agreement. This investment alongside existing cash provides Savannah with the finance required to take the Project to a Final Investment Decision point. AMG can increase its offtake to 90ktpa for 10 years if it provides an acceptable full project funding solution for the Project's construction.

 

The Company is listed and regulated on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the Company's ordinary shares are also available on the Quotation Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB) under the symbol FWB: SAV, and the Börse Stuttgart (SWB) under the ticker "SAV".

 

 

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