Transaction in Own Shares

Central Asia Metals PLC

03 February 2026

 

03 February 2026

Central Asia Metals PLC

(the 'Group', the 'Company' or 'CAML')

Transaction in Own Shares

Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM: CAML) announces that on 02 February 2026, in accordance with the terms of the share buyback programme announced on 10 September 2025 (the 'Buyback Programme'), it purchased the following number of Ordinary Shares of $0.01 each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares' or 'shares') through Peel Hunt LLP ('Peel Hunt'). The shares purchased will be cancelled and delisted from the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ('LSE').

Date of purchase	02 February 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	249,026
Lowest price paid per share (pence per share):	214.00
Highest price paid per share (pence per share):	216.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence per share):	215.04

Following the purchases and pursuant to the cancellation thereof, the Company will have 178,351,436 Ordinary Shares of $0.01 each in issue, of which 193,325 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.

The figure of 178,158,111 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculating whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Aggregated information

Trading Venue	Volume-weighted average price paid per share (GBp)	Aggregated number of shares purchased
London Stock Exchange (XLON)	215.04	249,026
Total	215.04	249,026

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the tables below contain detailed information of the individual trades made by Peel Hunt as part of the Buyback Programme.

Individual Transactions on the LSE

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Execution Venue	Time of transaction	Trade ID
15,000	214.00	AIMX	08:42:33	00188388466TRLO0
100,000	216.00	AIMX	13:19:22	00188424318TRLO0
10,000	215.00	AIMX	14:04:29	00188428047TRLO0
24,026	215.00	AIMX	15:46:10	00188450985TRLO0
25,000	215.00	AIMX	15:59:28	00188453743TRLO0
25,000	214.00	AIMX	16:10:01	00188455914TRLO0
25,000	214.00	AIMX	16:13:59	00188456650TRLO0
25,000	214.00	AIMX	16:27:58	00188460149TRLO0

The information contained in this update is the responsibility of the CAML Board of Directors and has not been reviewed or reported on by the Group's external auditors.

For further information contact:

Central Asia Metals	Tel: [phone]
Gavin Ferrar
CEO
Louise Wrathall
CFO
Richard Morgan	[e-mail]
Investor Relations Manager
Peel Hunt (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Ross Allister
David McKeown
Emily Bhasin
BMO Capital Markets (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Thomas Rider
Pascal Lussier Duquette
BlytheRay (PR Advisers)	Tel: [phone]
Megan Ray	[e-mail]
Rachael Brooks

Note to editors:

Central Asia Metals, an AIM-quoted UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper operation in central Kazakhstan and 100% of the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia. The Company also owns an 80% interest in CAML Exploration, a subsidiary formed to progress early-stage exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan, and a 32.6% interest in Aberdeen Minerals Ltd, a privately-owned UK company focused on the exploration and development of base metals opportunities in northeast Scotland.

For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com and follow CAML on X at @CamlMetals and on LinkedIn at Central Asia Metals Plc

All references to dollars in this announcement are US dollars unless otherwise stated.

 

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