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Alecto Minerals plc / EPIC: ALO / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining

5 July 2017

Alecto Minerals plc ("Alecto" or the "Company")

Update re suspension, cancellation and proposed re-admission

Alecto Minerals plc (AIM: ALO), the African focused gold exploration and base metal development company, announces that, due to the delay in publishing an admission document in respect of its proposed acquisition of the Mowana copper mine ("Mowana") (the "Acquisition"), that trading in the Company's shares on AIM will be cancelled with effect from 7.00 a.m. on 11 July 2017.

Following announcement of the Acquisition on 21 December 2016, which constitutes a reverse takeover, Alecto's shares were suspended from trading on AIM pending publication of an admission document. Under AIM Rule 41, the admission of a company's shares will be cancelled where these have been suspended from trading for six months. Alecto's shares have been suspended for more than six months and, although a short extension to the prescribed deadline for cancellation has been allowed, the Company has now been informed that no further extensions are available and that cancellation will proceed with effect from 7.00 a.m. on 11 July 2017.

Nevertheless, the Board's intention remains to proceed with the Acquisition and to seek admission to trading for the enlarged group on AIM as a new applicant. As announced previously, the Company has conducted extensive technical, financial and legal due diligence on Mowana and its holding companies, the results of which will be reflected in the admission document as appropriate. The Mowana mine returned to production in March 2017 and to date approximately 4,300 tonnes of copper concentrate have been produced and sold to Mowana's offtake partner, Fujax Minerals and Energy Limited. The Directors continue to believe that the Acquisition has the potential to be highly accretive to the Company's shareholders.

In the event that the Acquisition does not complete on the expected timetable, the Company will need to raise additional funds in order to continue as a going concern, failing which, the Company would be at a significant risk of being forced into an insolvency process (be that administration or liquidation), as a result of which shareholders should expect to lose the entire value of their Ordinary Shares.

Further announcements will be made as and when appropriate.

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The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.