Block Listing Six Monthly Return

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Hummingbird Resources PLC
12 March 2018
 

Hummingbird Resources plc / Ticker: HUM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

 

 

Hummingbird Resources plc ('Hummingbird' or 'the Company')

Block Listing Six Monthly Return

 

Hummingbird Resources plc (AIM: HUM), the West African gold company, announces the following update relating to its block admission of shares to be issued to certain option holders upon the exercise by such option holders of options granted pursuant to the Company's share option schemes.

 

Application has been made for an additional 363,636 ordinary shares to be admitted to the block admission tomorrow pursuant to the issue of options during the period in review.

 

 

Name of company:

Hummingbird Resources plc

 

Name of schemes:

The Hummingbird Resources plc - Unapproved Share Option Scheme, the Hummingbird Resources Limited EMI Share Option Plan 2010, and other share options

 

Period of return:

From: 11 September 2017

To: 12 March 2018

 

Balance under the schemes of securities not issued at the beginning of the period subject to the block admission:

 

13,266,568 ordinary shares

Number of securities issued under the schemes during the period:

 

Nil ordinary shares

Number of securities lapsed under the schemes during the period:

 

Nil ordinary shares

Balance under the schemes of securities not yet issued at the end of the period subject to the block admission:

 

13,630,204 ordinary shares

Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission:

4,385,000 ordinary shares were admitted on 21 March 2012. A further: 2,349,000 ordinary shares were admitted on 21 March 2014, 250,000 ordinary shares were admitted on 12 March 2015, 7,772,568 ordinary shares were admitted on 13 March 2017 and 363,636 ordinary shares are to be admitted on 13 March 2018.  The total number of ordinary shares admitted to date in respect to its block admission as detailed above is therefore 15,120,204.

 

Name of contact:

 

Thomas Hill, Company Secretary

Telephone number of contact:

+44 (0)207 409 6660

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk or contact: 

Daniel Betts

Thomas Hill

Robert Monro

Hummingbird Resources plc

Tel: +44 (0)207 409 6660




James Spinney

Ritchie Balmer

James Bellman

Strand Hanson Limited

Nominated Adviser and Broker

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

 




Lottie Wadham

Susie Geliher

St Brides Partners Ltd

Financial PR/IR

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177

 

 

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.

 

About Hummingbird Resources Plc

 

Notes to Editors

Hummingbird Resources (AIM: HUM) is building a leading gold production, development and exploration company.  The Company has two core gold projects, the Yanfolila Gold Mine in Mali and the Dugbe Gold Project in Liberia.

 

Yanfolila produced its first gold pour on time and budget in December 2017 and is expected to produce approximately 107,000oz gold/year on average over the Life of Mine.  Yanfolila holds Probable Reserves of 709,800oz @ 3.14g/t, total Resources of 1.8Moz of gold and an additional 390,700oz of non-compliant exploration potential.

 

The Dugbe Gold Project has Resources currently totalling 4.2Moz of gold and a completed NI 43-101 compliant PEA on the project showing a 29% IRR and US$186m NPV.

 

In addition to Hummingbird's production and development assets, the Company also has an exploration footprint of ~5,000km2 and a 34% interest in AIM listed Cora Gold, which is advancing a portfolio of prospects in Mali and Senegal.

 


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