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Wednesday, 4 December 2019
THOR MINING PLC
("Thor" or the "Company")
Appendix 3Z
The Directors of Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) today lodged the following announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX"), as required under the listing rules of the ASX.
Enquiries:
Mick Billing | +61 (8) 7324 1935 | Thor Mining PLC | Executive Chairman |
Ray Ridge | +61 (8) 7324 1935 | Thor Mining PLC | CFO/Company Secretary |
Colin Aaronson/ Richard Tonthat/ Ben Roberts | +44 (0) 207 383 5100
| Grant Thornton UK LLP
| Nominated Adviser |
Claire Louise Noyce / John Beresford-Peirse
| +44 (0) 203 764 2341 | Hybridan LLP | Joint Broker |
Nick Emerson | +44 (0) 1483 413 500 | SI Capital Ltd | Joint Broker |
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.
About Thor Mining PLC
Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) is a resources company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and on ASX in Australia.
Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project in the Northern Territory of Australia, for which an updated feasibility study in August 2018¹ suggested attractive returns.
Adjacent Molyhil, at Bonya, Thor holds a 40% interest in deposits of tungsten, copper, and vanadium, including an Inferred resource for the Bonya copper deposit².
Thor also holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred Resources Estimate³ on 2 of the 4 known deposits. The US Department of the Interior has confirmed that tungsten, the primary resource mineral at Pilot Mountain, has been included in the final list of Critical Minerals 2018.
Thor holds a 25% interest Australian copper development company EnviroCopper Limited (with rights to increase its interest to 30%). EnviroCopper Limited holds:
·; rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the resource⁴ on the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine in South Australia recoverable by way of in situ recovery; and
·; rights to earn up to 75% of the Moonta copper project, also in South Australia comprising the northern portion of exploration licence EL5984 and includes a resource estimate⁵ for several deposits.
Thor has an interest in Hawkstone Mining Limited, an Australian ASX listed company with a 100% Interest in a Lithium project with a JORC compliant resource in Arizona, USA.
Finally, Thor also holds a production royalty entitlement from the Spring Hill Gold project⁶ of:
• A$6 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for up to A$1,500 per ounce; and
• A$14 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for amounts over A$1,500 per ounce.
Notes
¹ Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 23 August 2018
² Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 26 November 2018
³ Refer AIM announcement of 13 December 2018 and ASX announcement of 14 December 2018
⁴ Refer AIM announcement of 10 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 12 February 2018
⁵ Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 15 August 2019
⁶ Refer AIM announcement of 26 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 29 February 2016
Rule 3.19A.3
Appendix 3Z
Final Director's Interest Notice
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 30/9/2001.
Name of entity Thor Mining PLC |
ABN 121 117 673 |
We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.3 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.
| Name of director | David Edward Thomas |
| Date of last notice | 13 June 2018 |
Date that director ceased to be director | 28 November 2019 |
Part 1 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust
Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (i) of the definition of "notifiable interest of a director" should be disclosed in this part.
| Number & class of securities
9,410,969 CDIs 3,000,000 Unlisted options, exercise price 1.8 pence, expiry 31/03/20. 2,500,000 Unlisted options, exercise price 3.5625 pence, expiry 07/06/21.
Mr Thomas subsequently acquired a further 2,500,000 Ordinary Shares on 29 November 2019, after ceasing to be a director at the close of the AGM held on the 28 November 2019. The Ordinary Shares were acquired for 0.2 pence per Ordinary Share and were otherwise on the same terms as other participants in the placement. The participation of Mr Thomas in the placement had been approved by shareholders at that AGM.
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Part 2 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder
Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of "notifiable interest of a director" should be disclosed in this part.
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust
| Name of holder & nature of interest Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest
Nil
| Number & class of securities
Nil |
Part 3 - Director's interests in contracts
Detail of contract | N/A |
Nature of interest
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Name of registered holder (if issued securities)
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No. and class of securities to which interest relates
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