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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN REGULATION NO. 596/2014 (AS IT FORMS PART OF RETAINED EU LAW AS DEFINED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018) AND IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 7 OF THAT REGULATION.
2 November 2022
Eurasia Mining Plc
Extension of Company Options
Eurasia Mining plc ("Eurasia" or the "Company"), the palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium and gold producing company, announces that it has extended the expiry date on a class of share options which were granted to certain Directors, employees and a substantial shareholder on 2 November 2018 with a three-year term.
The expiry date on 151,000,000 share options, with a range of exercise prices (the "Options") has been extended for a period of six months from 2 November 2022 to 2 May 2023 (the "Options Extension")
Related Party Transaction
As 40,000,000 of the Options are held by Christian Schaffalitzky, the Company's Executive Chairman and Dmitry Suschov, a substantial shareholder in the Company (the "Related Parties"), the Options Extension constitutes a related party transaction under Rule 13 of the AIM Rules.
The Options which are held by the Related Parties are summarised in the table below:
Related Party | Options exercisable at 0.42 pence expiring 2 May 2023 | Options exercisable at 0.60 pence expiring 2 May 2023 | Options exercisable at 0.90 pence expiring 2 May 2023 | Total Options |
Christian Schaffalitzky | 10,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
Dmitry Suschov | 10,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
Accordingly, the Company's directors who are independent of the Options Extension (being all directors with the exception of Christian Schaffalitzky) consider, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of the Options Extension are fair and reasonable insofar as shareholders of the Company are concerned.
Outstanding Options and Warrants
As a result of the Options Extension, the Company has the following outstanding share options and warrants:
· 62,000,000 options exercisable at 0.42 pence, expiring on 2 May 2023;
· 47,000,000 options exercisable at 0.60 pence, expiring on 2 May 2023;
· 42,000,000 options exercisable at 0.90 pence, expiring on 2 May 2023;
· 53,306,751 warrants exercisable at 26.5 pence, expiring 20 May 2024; and
· 41,551,563 warrants exercisable at 26.0 pence, expiring 20 September 2024.
A copy of this announcement is also available on Eurasia's website at:
https://www.eurasiamining.co.uk/investors/news-announcements
For further information, please contact:
Eurasia Mining Plc | +44 (0) 20 7932 0418 |
Christian Schaffalitzky / Keith Byrne | |
SP Angel (Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker) Jeff Keating / David Hignell / Adam Cowl | +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
Optiva Securities (Joint Broker) Christian Dennis
| +44 (0) 20 3137 1902 |
Eurasia Mining plc is a PGM and battery metals producing company, operating the established West Kytlim Mine in the Urals, and also being the operator of the Monchetundra Project comprising two predominantly palladium open pit deposits located 3km away from Severonickel, one of Norilsk Nickel's largest base metals and PGM processing facilities, near the town of Monchegorsk on the Kola Peninsula.
Eurasia's project portfolio also includes Nittis-Kumuzhya-Travyanaya (NKT), Tier-1 scale Nickel mine formerly operated by Norilsk Nickel.
A parallel business development strategy based on the Hydrogen Economy forms a new development arm of the Company.