Runruno Scheduled Capital & Interest Payment

28 December 2017

METALS EXPLORATION PLC

Runruno Project Scheduled Capital & Interest Payment

Metals Exploration plc (AIM: MTL), the natural resources exploration and development company with assets in the Pacific Rim region, today provides an update on matters relating to its capital and interest payments due to its senior lenders on 29 December 2017.

As previously announced, as part of the re-scheduled senior loan facility with the senior lenders to the project (BNP Paribas and HSBC Limited), a capital and interest payment are due by the end of December 2017. The senior lenders are fully informed as to the performance of the mine and gold recovery circuits and its resultant cash flows. With this in mind, the Company will pay the interest payment due of US$1.14 million and has entered constructive discussions with the senior lenders to defer the capital payment of $6.48 million to a time agreeable to all parties. A further update will be provided in due course.

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