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RNS Number : 9518F  Great Southern Copper PLC  28 May 2026

 

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VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH
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28 May 2026

Great Southern Copper plc

("GSC" or the "Company")

 

Issue of Shares and Director/PDMR Shareholdings

 

Great Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on
copper-gold-silver exploration in Chile, announces that it has issued new
ordinary shares of 1p each ("New Ordinary Shares") to Charles Bond, Chairman
of Great Southern Copper, in accordance with the terms of Mr. Bond's letter of
appointment whereby it was agreed his salary will be paid quarterly in
ordinary shares.

 

The New Ordinary Shares represent the share compensation due from 1 September
2025 to 31 March 2026 to Mr Bond. A total of 333,861 New Ordinary Shares will
be issued. The details of the issuance are set out below:

 

 Period/Shareholder       Value of share issuance GBP£   Number of new ordinary shares issued  Number of new ordinary shares held following the issuance  Percentage of the enlarged ordinary share capital
 Charles Bond

 1/09/2025 - 31/12/2025   £5,105                         171,401

 1/01/2026 - 31/03/2026   £5,105                         162,460                               8,510,191                                                  1.11%

 

Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application will be made for the 333,861 New Ordinary Shares, which will rank
pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares in the Company,
to be admitted to the Standard List segment of Official List and to trading on
the main market of the London Stock Exchange plc, which is expected to occur
on or around 8.00 a.m. on 3 June 2026 ("Admission").

 

The total number of issued shares and the total number of voting rights in the
Company is 770,085,054. The above figure should be used by shareholders in the
Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine
if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct
Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

Enquiries:

 

 Great Southern Copper plc
 Sam Garrett, Chief Executive Officer  +44 (0)20 4582 3500

 SI Capital Limited
 Nick Emerson                          +44 (0) 1483 413500

 BlytheRay
 Megan Ray / James Mulligan            +44 (0) 20 7138 3204

                                       GSC@blytheray.com

 

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Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities/ person closely associated with them.

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Charles Bond

 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              Chairman
 b)  Initial notification/ Amendment                              Initial Notification
 3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                         Great Southern Copper plc
 b)  LEI                                                          213800RF6N9WA8PZH313
 4   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
     instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
     place where transactions have been conducted

 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

     Identification code

                                                                  GB00BLB5BF24
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Shares issued in lieu of salary

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)    Volume(s)

                                                            2.9783p*    171,401

                                                                  3.1422p**   162,460

 

                                                                  *weighted average share price from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025

                                                                  ** weighted average share price from 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026

 e)  Date of the transaction                                      28 May 2026

 f)  Place of the transaction                                     Outside of trading venue - issued of new ordinary shares

 

*weighted average share price from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025

** weighted average share price from 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

28 May 2026

 

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue - issued of new ordinary shares

 

 

 

Notes for Editors:

About Great Southern Copper

 

Great Southern Copper PLC is a UK-listed mineral exploration company focused
on the discovery of copper-gold-silver deposits in Chile. The Company has the
option to acquire mining rights to 100% of Especularita project in the
under-explored coastal belt of Chile that is prospective for large scale
copper-gold-silver deposits. Chile is a globally significant mining
jurisdiction being the world's largest producer and exporter of copper.

 

The Especularita Project is located in the coastal metallogenic belt of Chile
which hosts significant copper mines and deposits, including Teck's Carmen de
Andacollo copper mine, and boasts excellent access to infrastructure such as
roads, power and ports. Significant historical small-scale and artisanal
workings for both copper and gold are readily evident in the exploration
project area. The coastal belt offers deposit type optionality for copper
including porphyry and IOCG style deposits as well as newly recognised
intrusive-related copper and gold deposits.

 

Great Southern Copper is strategically positioned to support the global market
for copper - a critical battery metal in the clean energy transition around
the world. The Company is actively engaged in exploration and evaluation work
programmes targeting both large tonnage, low to medium grade Cu-Au as well as
high-grade Cu-Ag-Au deposits.

 

Further information on the Company is available on the Company's website:
https://gscplc.com (https://gscplc.com)

 

 

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