Vast Resources plc Exercise Of Warrants And Issue Of Equity

 
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   Vast Resources plc / Ticker: VAST / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining 
 
   7 August 2018 
 
   Vast Resources plc 
 
   ("Vast" or the "Company") 
 
   Exercise of Warrants and Issue of Equity 
 
   In line with its regulatory obligations, Vast Resources plc, the 
AIM-listed mining company with operating mines in Romania and Zimbabwe, 
announces that, pursuant to the issue of warrants to subscribers to the 
open offer completed on 1 August 2016 (the "Open Offer Warrants"), three 
holders of Open Offer Warrants have elected to exercise in aggregate 
1,384,087 Open Offer Warrants.  Each Open Offer Warrant entitles the 
holder to one ordinary share of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary 
Shares") at a price of 0.5 pence per Ordinary Share.  Notice of exercise 
of the Warrants was received by Vast on 6 August 2018.  Accordingly, the 
Company has today issued 1,384,087 new Ordinary Shares.  GBP6,920.45 has 
been received by the Company as a result of the exercise of the Open 
Offer Warrants. 
 
   Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for 1,384,087 new 
Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM market with 
admission expected to occur on or around 13 August 2018 ("Admission"). 
The issued new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with 
the existing Ordinary Shares. 
 
   Following Admission of the new Ordinary Shares, the issued ordinary 
share capital of Vast will consist of 5,377,468,624 Ordinary Shares. 
There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury.  5,377,468,624 represents 
the total number of voting rights in the Company and may be used by 
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can 
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change 
to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's 
Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 
 
   **ENDS** 
 
   For further information, visit www.vastresourcesplc.com or please 
contact: 
 
 
 
 
Vast Resources plc                                www.vastresourcesplc.com 
 Andrew Prelea (Chief Executive Officer)           [phone] 
Beaumont Cornish - Financial & Nominated Adviser  www.beaumontcornish.com 
 Roland Cornish                                    [phone] 
 James Biddle 
Brandon Hill Capital Ltd -- Joint Broker          www.brandonhillcapital.com 
 Jonathan Evans                                    [phone] 
SVS Securities Plc -- Joint Broker                www.svssecurities.com 
 Tom Curran                                        [phone] 
 Ben Tadd 
 
  St Brides Partners Ltd                            www.stbridespartners.co.uk 
  Susie Geliher                                     [phone] 
  Charlotte Page 
 
 
   The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the 
Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market 
Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). 
 
   Notes 
 
   Vast Resources plc is an AIM listed mining and resource development 
company focussed on the rapid advancement of high quality brownfield 
projects and recommencing production at previously producing mines in 
Romania. 
 
   Vast Resources currently own and operates the Manaila Polymetallic Mine 
in Romania, which was commissioned in 2015.  The Company's portfolio 
also includes the Baita Plai Polymetallic Mine in Romania, where work is 
currently underway towards obtaining the relevant permissions to start 
developing and ultimately commissioning the mine. 
 
   The Company also has interests in a number of projects in Southern 
Africa including a 25 per cent. interest in the producing 
Pickstone-Peerless Gold Mine in Zimbabwe. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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August 07, 2018 10:56 ET (14:56 GMT)

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