Exercise of Options and Director Dealing

Greatland Gold PLC

02 October 2023

 

Greatland Gold plc (AIM: GGP)

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NEWS RELEASE | 2 October 2023                                                       

Exercise of Options and Director Dealing

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK MARKET ABUSE REGULATIONS.  ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP; Greatland or Company) announces the exercise of options and partial sale of shares (to fund exercise consideration and tax liabilities) by Non-Executive Director, Alex Borrelli.

The Company has received binding option exercise notices in respect of the following options (Options):

Holder	Grant date	Number of options	Exercise price (p)	Total consideration
Alex Borrelli	18 Jan 2017	14,000,000(1)	0.28	£39,200
Alex Borrelli	7 Sept 2018	2,500,000(1)	1.40	£35,000
Alex Borrelli	7 Sept 2018	2,500,000(1)	2.00	£50,000
Total		19,000,000	-	£124,200

Note: (1) Exercise period for these options was automatically extended in accordance with the terms of their grant due to the holder being in possession of inside information (and therefore prevented from exercising) at the expiry date.

Following exercise of the Options, Alex Borrelli has retained 9,000,000 shares, and sold 10,000,000 shares to fund the associated exercise costs and tax liabilities. Alex Borrelli's shareholding has now increased to 35,403,372 shares in the Company, representing 0.70% of the total voting rights. Alex Borrelli does not hold any further share options in the Company.

Admission of shares and total voting rights

As a result of the exercise of the Options, an application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for 19,000,000 new fully paid ordinary shares (New Shares) to be admitted to trading on AIM (Admission). The New Shares will be issued conditional on Admission.  Admission is expected to occur at 8.00am on 6 October 2023.

Following Admission, the total issued share capital of the Company will consist of 5,090,376,282 ordinary shares. As each ordinary share carries the right to one vote, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 5,090,376,282. This number 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, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated with them.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Company directors/officers: Alex Borrelli Non-Executive Director
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) above for all positions - all classified as PDMRs of the Company
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Greatland Gold plc
b)	LEI	213800KMN7LDF4VRPQ10
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section 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 financial instrument	Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each
b)	Identification code	GB00B15XDH89
c)	Nature of the transactions	Exercise of Options over Ordinary Shares and Sale of Ordinary Shares
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Alex Borrelli Date Transaction Type Amount Price 1 Oct 2023 Exercise of Options 14,000,000 0.28p 1 Oct 2023 Exercise of Options 2,500,000 1.40p 1 Oct 2023 Exercise of Options 2,500,000 2.00p 1 Oct 2023 Sale of Ordinary Shares 10,000,000 6.35p
e)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Transaction Type Amount Price Exercise of Options 14,000,000 0.28p Exercise of Options 2,500,000 1.40p Exercise of Options 2,500,000 2.00p Sale of Ordinary Shares 10,000,000 6.35p
f)	Date of the transactions	1 October 2023
g)	Place of the transactions	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

Contact

For further information, please contact:

Greatland Gold plc

Shaun Day, Managing Director  |  [e-mail]

Nominated Adviser

SPARK Advisory Partners

Andrew Emmott / James Keeshan / Neil Baldwin  |  [phone]

Corporate Brokers

Berenberg  |  Matthew Armitt / Jennifer Lee  |  [phone]

Canaccord Genuity  |  James Asensio / George Grainger |  [phone]

SI Capital Limited  |  Nick Emerson / Sam Lomanto  |  [phone]

Media Relations

UK - Gracechurch Group  | Harry Chathli / Alexis Gore / Henry Gamble  |  [phone]

Australia - Fivemark Partners  |  Michael Vaughan  |  [phone]

About Greatland

Greatland is a mining development and exploration company focused primarily on precious and base metals.

The Company's flagship asset is the world-class Havieron gold-copper project in the Paterson Province of Western Australia, discovered by Greatland and presently under development in joint venture with ASX gold major, Newcrest Mining Limited (which is the subject of an agreed takeover by Newmont Corporation that is ongoing).

Havieron is located approximately 45km east of Newcrest's existing Telfer gold mine. The box cut and decline to the Havieron orebody commenced in February 2021.  Significant progress continues with the exploration decline with total development at over 2,600 metres in early August 2023.  Subject to a positive feasibility study and Decision to Mine, Havieron may leverage the existing Telfer infrastructure and processing plant.

Greatland has a proven track record of discovery and exploration success and is pursuing the next generation of tier-one mineral deposits by applying advanced exploration techniques in under-explored regions. Greatland has a number of exploration projects across Western Australia and in parallel to the development of Havieron is focused on becoming a multi-commodity miner of significant scale.

 

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