Grant of Options

Rockfire Resources PLC

26 August 2026

 

26 August 2026

Rockfire Resources Plc

("Rockfire" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Grant of Share Options

Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK), the base metal, precious metal and critical mineral exploration company, announces that options to subscribe for 400,000,000 new ordinary shares in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") were granted on 24 August 2026 to Directors and senior managers of the Company at an exercise price of 0.23 pence per Ordinary Share, being double the mid-market closing price on 21 August 2026 of 0.11 pence plus 0.01 pence, in accordance with the terms of the Directors' service agreements. The options have a term of three years, and any unexercised options will expire at midnight on 24 August 2029.

The options granted will result in an increase from 232,000,000 to 632,000,000 in the number of outstanding options over Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5.9% of the Company's issued share capital. 

The options vested immediately upon issue.

The grants made are as follows:

Name of Director or Manager	Number of Options	Exercise Price	Option Expriy Date	Total number of Options held
Gordon Hart	70,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	135,000,000
David Price	70,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	135,000,000
Ian Staunton	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	64,000,000
Nicholas Walley	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	64,000,000
Patrick Elliott	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	64,000,000
Steven Hunt	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	30,000,000
Christos Skevas	50,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	50,000,000
Georgios Skevas	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	30,000,000
George Vlachos	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	30,000,000
Konstantinos Christodoulou	30,000,000	£0.0023	24/08/2029	30,000,000
Total	400,000,000			632,000,000

The table at the end of this announcement provides further information in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

For further information on the Company, please visit www.rockfireresources.com or contact the following:

Rockfire Resources plc	E-mail: [e-mail]
David Price, Chief Executive Officer
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker):	Tel: [phone]
John Depasquale / Ashur Joseph (Corporate Finance)
Matt Butlin / Kelly Gardiner (Sales and Corporate Broking)
CMC Markets UK Plc (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Douglas Crippen
Oak Securities (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Jerry Keen / Robert Bell

Notes to Editors

Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK) is a gold, base metal and critical mineral exploration company, with a high-grade zinc/lead/silver/germanium deposit in Greece and a portfolio of gold/copper/silver projects in Queensland Australia.

·    The Molaoi deposit in Greece has a JORC Inferred Mineral Resource of 15.0 million tonnes @ 7.26% Zn, 1.75% Pb and 39.50g/t Ag, for 1.5 million tonnes of ZnEq. metal. This resource uses a 4% low-grade cut, and equates to 1.09 million tonnes of zinc, 260,000 tonnes of lead and 19.1 million ounces of silver. Molaoi is also reported under the UNFC Code with classification E2, F2.1, G3 for Zn, Ag, and Pb, and E3.2, F3.1, G4.1 for Ge.

·    The Plateau deposit in Queensland has a JORC Inferred Resource of 131,000 ounces of gold and 800,000 ounces of silver, using a 0.5g/t Au cut off. 53,000 of these ounces lie within the top 100m from surface. Plateau is subject to a farm-in by ASX-listed Sunshine Metals Ltd (ASX:SHN).

·    The Marengo prospect in Queensland hosts high-grade gold, silver and copper within an historic goldfield, which is entirely under license by Rockfire. Marengo is subject to a farm-in by ASX-listed Eastern Resources Ltd (ASX:EFE).

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Name Position 1)    Gordon Hart 2)    David Price 3)    Ian Staunton 4)    Patrick Elliott 5)    Nicholas Walley 6)    Steven Hunt 1)    Chairman 2)    Chief Executive Officer 3)    Non-Executive Director 4)    Non-Executive Director 5)    Non-Executive Director 6)    Non-Executive Director
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1a) above
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Rockfire Resources plc
b)	LEI	213800THSZQSFKTXOI24
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, type of instrument Identification code	Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Rockfire Resources plc ISIN: GB00B42TN250
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Name Volume(s) Exercise Price(s) 1)    Gordon Hart 2)    David Price 3)    Ian Staunton 4)    Patrick Elliott 5)    Nicholas Walley 6)   Steven Hunt 1)        70,000,000 2)        70,000,000 3)        30,000,000 4)        30,000,000 5)        30,000,000 6)        30,000,000 1)    0.23 pence 2)    0.23 pence 3)    0.23 pence 4)    0.23 pence 5)    0.23 pence 6)   0.23 pence
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	24 August 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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