Creditor Settlement

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Premier African Minerals Limited has settled approximately £0.163 million in creditor invoices and an additional £0.054 million for salaries and consultant payments by issuing a total of 1,177,475,676 new ordinary shares at an issue price of 0.0185 pence per share. This issuance, which brings the total issued share capital to 39,303,760,989 ordinary shares, is part of the company's strategy to preserve working capital and focus on the Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project. The new shares will rank pari passu with existing shares, and application has been made for their admission to trading on AIM, expected around May 27, 2026.

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Premier African Minerals Limited
20 May 2026
 

20 May 2026

Premier African Minerals Limited

 

Creditor Settlement

Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with certain creditors to settle outstanding liabilities through the issuance of new ordinary shares in the Company (the "Settlement").

The Settlement forms part of the Company's ongoing creditor management strategy and is intended to preserve working capital while enabling Premier to continue focusing on the advancement of the Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project and its broader operational objectives.

 

Settlements

 

The Company has today settled creditor invoices totalling approximately £0.163 million through the issue of 881,706,541 new ordinary shares in the Company at an issue price of 0.0185 pence per new ordinary share (the "Issue Price"), being the same price as the Company's most recent placing as announced on 13 May 2026.

 

In addition, a further £0.054 million owed in respect of accrued but unpaid salaries and payments owing to former consultants and directors has been settled through the issue of a further 295,769,135 new ordinary shares in the Company at the Issue Price.

 

In aggregate, the Company has agreed to issue 1,177,475,676 new ordinary shares pursuant to the settlement arrangements (the "Settlement Shares").

 

Admission

 

Application is being made for the Settlement Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to take place on or around 27 May 2026. The Settlement Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares.

 

Total Voting Rights

 

Following the issue of the Settlement Shares, the Company's issued share capital consists of 39,303,760,989 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights.

 

This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Market Abuse Regulations


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 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").


The person who arranged the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was Graham Hill.


A copy of this announcement is available at the Company's website, 
www.premierafricanminerals.com.

 

Enquiries:

 

Graham Hill

Premier African Minerals Limited

Tel: +27 (0) 100 201 281

Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish

Beaumont Cornish Limited

(Nominated Adviser)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Douglas Crippen

CMC Markets UK Plc

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3003 8632

Toby Gibbs/Harry Davies-Ball

Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090

 

Nominated Adviser Statement

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as nominated adviser to the Company in connection with this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client and will not be responsible to anyone else for providing the protections afforded to the clients of Beaumont Cornish or for providing advice in relation to such proposals. Beaumont Cornish has not authorised the contents of, or any part of, this document and no liability whatsoever is accepted by Beaumont Cornish for the accuracy of any information, or opinions contained in this document or for the omission of any information. Beaumont Cornish as nominated adviser to the Company owes certain responsibilities to the London Stock Exchange which are not owed to the Company, the Directors, Shareholders, or any other person.

Notes to Editors:

Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company focused on Southern Africa with its RHA Tungsten and Zulu Lithium projects in Zimbabwe.

 

The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include tungsten, rare earth elements, lithium and tantalum in Zimbabwe encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-roots exploration.

 

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