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10/01/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 1518M  Caracal Gold PLC  10 January 2023

Caracal Gold plc / EPIC: GCAT / Market: Main / Sector: Mining

 10 January 2023

Caracal Gold plc ('Caracal' or the 'Company')

Financing Update

 

Caracal Gold plc, the expanding East African gold producer with over 1.3
million oz ('Moz') JORC compliant gold resources, announces that further to
the announcement released on 29 November 2022, the OCIM Metals and Mining SA
('OCIM') pre-paid gold purchase agreement will not be proceeding. The reason
being the long stop date of the 31 December 2022 passed and as there is an
unfulfilled condition precedent that would have provided OCIM security over
the Mining Licence for our flagship Kilimapesa Gold Mine in Kenya
('Kilimapesa' or the 'Project'), OCIM have not extended the long stop date.

 

Robbie McCrae, Chief Executive Officer of Caracal, commented, "We are
disappointed with the OCIM decision not to continue on the final condition
precedent and close the transaction. The Caracal team worked tirelessly from
May 2022 and the Company and projects passed detailed legal, financial and
technical due diligence.

 

"The robust fundamentals of the Kilimapesa expansion project remain the same,
the operations and project team are in place, the support from all
stakeholders in Kenya and Tanzania is strong, and the lessons learnt from the
process with OCIM have been constructive.

 

"With funding secured from Philoro Global Trading AG and other proposals
received for similar non-dilutive financing, we will move quickly to replace
the OCIM funds. We would like to thank OCIM for considering Caracal and
Kilimapesa and wish them all the best on future ventures."

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information visit www.caracalgold.com or contact the following:

 Caracal Gold plc                                      info@caracalgold.com (mailto:info@caracalgold.com)

 Robbie McCrae
 Clear Capital Markets Ltd                             +44 203 897 0981

 Joint Broker                                          +44 203 869 6086

 Keith Swann / Jonathan Critchley
 VSA Capital Ltd                                       +44 203 005 5000

 Financial Adviser and Joint Broker

 Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)

 Andrew Monk / David Scriven (Corporate Broking)
 St Brides Partners Ltd                                caracal@stbridespartners.co.uk (mailto:caracal@stbridespartners.co.uk)

 Financial PR

 Charlotte Page / Isabel de Salis / Isabelle Morris
 DGWA, the German Institute for Asset and              info@dgwa.org (mailto:info@dgwa.org)

 Equity Allocation and Valuation

 European Investor and Corporate Relations Advisor

 Katharina Löckinger

 

Notes

Caracal Gold plc is an expanding East African focused gold producer with a
clear path to grow production and resources both organically and through
strategic acquisitions. Its aim is to rapidly increase production to
+50,000ozs p.a. and build a JORC compliant resource base of +3Moz.  The
company is progressing a well-defined mine optimisation strategy at its 100%
owned Kilimapesa Gold Mine in Kenya, where there is significant mid-term
expansion potential and the ability to increase gold production to 24,000oz
p.a. and the resource to +2Moz (current JORC compliant resources of approx.
706,000oz). Alongside this, Caracal is undertaking a targeted exploration
programme at the Nyakafuru Project in Tanzania, which has an established
high-grade shallow gold resource of 658,751oz at 2.08g/t contained within four
deposits over 280 km(2) and appears amenable to development as a large scale
conventional open pit operation.

 

Caracal's experienced team has a proven track record in successfully
developing and operating mining projects throughout Africa.  The Company is a
responsible mining and exploration company and supports the positive social
and economic change that it contributes to the communities in the regions that
it operates.  It is a proudly East African-focused company: it buys locally,
employs locally, and protects the environment and its employees and their
families' health, safety, and wellbeing.

 

Caracal's shares are quoted on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
(LON: GCAT) and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE: 6IK).  The Company is
also in the process of listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

 

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