Strategic Minerals PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3867J)

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RNS Number : 3867J

Strategic Minerals PLC

29 March 2018

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29 March 2018

Strategic Minerals plc

("Strategic Minerals", "SML" or the "Company")

Director Dealing

Strategic Minerals plc (AIM: SML; USOTC: SMCDY), a producing mineral company actively developing projects for battery materials announces that, it was notified yesterday that on 28 March 2018, Mr. Peter Wale, Non-Executive Director of the Company, sold 1,100,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p each of SML ("Ordinary Shares") held in his own name, at a price of 1.70 pence per Ordinary Share. Subsequent to the above transaction, Mr. Wale then acquired 1,095,467 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1.7032 pence per Ordinary Share, such Ordinary Shares being held in an ISA account, of which Mr. Wale is the sole beneficiary.

Following the transfers detailed above, Mr. Wale's total beneficial interest in the ordinary share capital of the Company will be 48,359,467 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 3.62 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. Mr Wale's interest in the share capital of SML remains substantially unchanged by the above transactions.

PDMR Dealing

 
 1.1   Details of the person discharging managerial 
  1.    responsibilities/person closely associated 
 a)    Name:                             Mr. Peter Wale 
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 1.2   Reason for the notification 
  2. 
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 a)    Position/status:                  Non-Executive Director 
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 b)    Initial notification/Amendment:   Initial notification 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 1.3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
  3.    market participant, auction platform, 
        auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name:                             Strategic Minerals 
                                          plc 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI:                              213800DICA5NPVOJT776 
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 1.4   Details of the transaction(s): section 
  4.    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 
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 a)    Description of the                Ordinary shares of 
        financial instrument,             0.1p each 
        type of instrument: 
        Identification code:              GB00B4W8PD74 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the transaction:        Sale of shares 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s):            Price(s)     Volume(s) 
                                           1.7 pence    1,100,000 
                                                       ---------- 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information:           Single transaction 
        Aggregated volume:                as in 4 c) above Price(s)     Volume(s) 
        Price:                             1.7 pence    1,100,000 
                                                       ---------- 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction:          28 March 2018 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction:         London Stock Exchange, 
                                          AIM (XLON) 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.5   Details of the person discharging managerial 
  1.    responsibilities/person closely associated 
 a)    Name:                             Mr. Peter Wale 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 1.6   Reason for the notification 
  2. 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status:                  Non-Executive Director 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification/Amendment:   Initial notification 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 1.7   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
  3.    market participant, auction platform, 
        auctioneer or auction monitor 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name:                             Strategic Minerals 
                                          plc 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI:                              213800DICA5NPVOJT776 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 1.8   Details of the transaction(s): section 
  4.    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                Ordinary shares of 
        financial instrument,             0.1p each 
        type of instrument: 
        Identification code:              GB00B4W8PD74 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the transaction:        Purchase of shares 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s):            Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                           1.7032 
                                            pence      1,095,467 
                                                      ---------- 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information:           Single transaction 
        Aggregated volume:                as in 4 c) above Price(s)    Volume(s) 
        Price:                             1.7032 
                                            pence      1,095,467 
                                                      ---------- 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction:          28 March 2018 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction:         London Stock Exchange, 
                                          AIM (XLON) 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 

For further information, please contact:

 
                                      +61 (0) 414 
Strategic Minerals plc                 727 965 
John Peters 
Managing Director 
www.strategicminerals.net 
 
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Notes to Editors

Strategic Minerals Plc is an AIM-quoted, operating minerals company actively developing projects for battery materials. It has an operation in the United States of America and development projects in the UK and Australia. The Company is focused on utilising its operating cash flows, along with capital raisings, to develop high quality projects aimed at supplying the metals and minerals being sought in the burgeoning electronic vehicle/battery market.

In September 2011, Strategic Minerals acquired the Cobre magnetite tailings dam project in New Mexico, USA, a cash-generating asset, which it brought into production in 2012 and which continues to provide a revenue stream for the Company. This operating revenue stream is utilised to cover company overheads and invest in development projects orientated to supplying the burgeoning electric vehicle/battery market.

in January 2016, the portfolio was expanded with the acquisition of shares in Central Australian Rare Earths Pty Ltd, which holds tenements in Western Australia and the Northern Territory that are prospective for cobalt, gold, nickel sulphides and rare earth elements. The Company has since acquired all shares in Central Australian Rare Earths Pty Ltd.

In May 2016, an additional exploration asset was acquired when the Company entered into an agreement with New Age Exploration Limited to acquire up to 50% of the Redmoor Tin/Tungsten project in Cornwall, UK. This 50% acquisition was completed in February 2017 and a drilling programme completed in 2017 resulted in a significant upgrade of the resource.

In March 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of the Leigh Creek Copper Mine situated in the copper rich belt of South Australia and is currently working to bring this into operation in 2019.

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