Notice of change of Significant Shareholder

AIM and Media Release 

21 May 2021

BASE RESOURCES LIMITED
Notice of change of Significant Shareholder

Base Resources Limited (ASX & AIM: BSE) (Base Resources) advises that it has today received notification from FIL Limited that, as at 19 May 2021, it and FIL Investments International (FIL) had decreased their voting power in Base Resources to 105,975,698 ordinary shares, representing 9.00% of the total Base Resources ordinary shares on issue and constituting a significant shareholding for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies.

FIL’s interest in 105,975,698 ordinary shares is held as follows:

Holder of interest	Nature of interest	Registered holder of shares	Number of ordinary shares
FIL Investments International	Investment Discretion / Voting Power	BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX (C)	17,041,772
		BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	3,655,199
		JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)	85,239,844
FIL Limited	Investment Discretion / Voting Power	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	38,883

The decrease in FIL’s holding for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies was the net result of the disposal and acquisition of ordinary shares, in each case, on and from 12 March 2020. 

FIL disposed 61,124,783 shares for an average price of A$0.268 per share between 12 March 2020 and 19 May 2021.  It acquired 49,939,504 shares for an average price of A$0.265 per share between 18 March 2020 and 30 April 2021.

A copy of the notice referred to in this release is available from the Company’s website:  www.baseresources.com.au.

ENDS.

For further information contact:

James Fuller, Manager Communications and Investor Relations	UK Media Relations
Base Resources	Tavistock Communications
Tel: [phone]	Jos Simson and Gareth Tredway
Mobile: [phone]	Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

About Base Resources

Base Resources is an Australian based, African focused, mineral sands producer and developer with a track record of project delivery and operational performance.  The company operates the established Kwale Operations in Kenya and is developing the Toliara Project in Madagascar.  Base Resources is an ASX and AIM listed company.  Further details about Base Resources are available at www.baseresources.com.au

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