Placing to raise £750,000

Vast Resources

14/10/2024 07:00

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Vast Resources plc / Ticker: VAST / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

14 October 2024

Vast Resources plc
(‘Vast’ or the ‘Company’)

Placing to raise £750,000

Vast Resources plc, the AIM-listed mining company, announces that it has
raised £750,000 gross through a placing (the ‘Placing’) of 750,000,000
ordinary shares of 0.1p in the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) at a price of
0.1p per Ordinary Share representing a 19.3% discount to the 5-day VWAP. The
Placing was undertaken by the Company’s joint broker, Axis Capital Markets
Ltd (‘Axis’).

The net cash raised from the Placing will be used to maintain the business to
comply with the reorganisation plan at Baita Plai and to have sufficient funds
available to see the Company maintain its corporate obligations while the
Company awaits the proceeds from concentrate deliveries and incoming funds
from the delivery of the Second Agreement as announced and defined on 11
September 2024.

Admission of the Placing Shares & Total Voting Rights

Application will be made to AIM for the Placing Shares, which will rank pari
passu with existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM
(‘Admission’) in two tranches. It is expected that Admission will become
effective and dealing will commence in respect of 250,000,000 Shares on or
around 18 October 2024 (the “First Admission”) and Admission will become
effective and dealing will commence in respect of the issue of 500,000,000
being the balance of the Placing Shares on or around 28 October 2024 (the
“Second Admission”). The Placing is conditional on Admission.

Following the First Admission, the total issued share capital of the Company
will be 2,058,607,357 and following the Second Admission this will be
2,558,607,357. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury and
accordingly the above figures of 2,058,607,357 and 2,558,607,357 may then be
used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in Vast under the
FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule.

Important Notices
This announcement contains 'forward-looking statements' concerning the Company
that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Generally, the words 'will',
'may', 'should', 'continue', 'believes', 'targets', 'plans', 'expects',
'aims', 'intends', 'anticipates' or similar expressions or negatives thereof
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks
and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the Company's ability to
control or estimate precisely. The Company cannot give any assurance that such
forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct. The reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this announcement. The Company does not
undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any of the
forward-looking statements set out herein, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally
required.

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

Certain information contained within this announcement is deemed by the
Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse
Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of
the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“UK MAR”) until the release of
this announcement.

**ENDS**

For further information, visit www.vastplc.com or please contact:

 Vast Resources plc Andrew Prelea (CEO)                                                              www.vastplc.com + 44 (0) 20 7846 0974            
 Beaumont Cornish – Financial & Nominated Advisor Roland Cornish James Biddle                        www.beaumontcornish.com +44 (0) 20 7628 3396     
 Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited – Joint Broker Toby Gibbs / James Thomas (Corporate Advisory)    www.shorecapmarkets.co.uk +44 (0) 20 7408 4050   
 Axis Capital Markets Limited – Joint Broker Richard Hutchinson                                      www.axcap247.com +44 (0) 20 3206 0320            
 St Brides Partners Limited Charlotte Page                                                           www.stbridespartners.co.uk +44 (0) 20 7236 1177  

ABOUT VAST RESOURCES PLC

Vast Resources plc is a United Kingdom AIM listed mining company with mines
and projects in Romania, Tajikistan, and Zimbabwe.

In Romania, the Company is focused on the rapid advancement of high-quality
projects by recommencing production at previously producing mines.

The Company's Romanian portfolio includes 100% interest in Vast Baita Plai SA
which owns 100% of the producing Baita Plai Polymetallic Mine, located in the
Apuseni Mountains, Transylvania, an area which hosts Romania's largest
polymetallic mines. The mine has a JORC compliant Reserve & Resource Report
which underpins the initial mine production life of approximately 3-4 years
with an in-situ total mineral resource of 15,695 tonnes copper equivalent with
a further 1.8M-3M tonnes exploration target. The Company is now working on
confirming an enlarged exploration target of up to 5.8M tonnes.

The Company also owns the Manaila Polymetallic Mine in Romania, which the
Company is looking to bring back into production following a period of care
and maintenance. The Company has also been granted the Manaila Carlibaba
Extended Exploitation Licence that will allow the Company to re-examine the
exploitation of the mineral resources within the larger Manaila Carlibaba
licence area.

The Company retains a continued presence in Zimbabwe.

Vast has an interest in a joint venture company which provides exposure to a
near term revenue opportunity from the Takob Mine processing facility in
Tajikistan. The Takob Mine opportunity, which is 100% financed, will provide
Vast with a 12.25 percent royalty over all sales of non-ferrous concentrate
and any other metals produced.

Also in Tajikistan, Vast has been contracted to develop and manage the
Aprelevka gold mines on behalf of its owner Gulf International Minerals Ltd
(“Gulf”) under which Vast is entitled, inter alia, to 10% of the earnings
that Gulf receives from its 49% interest in Aprelevka in joint venture with
the government of Tajikistan. Aprelevka holds four active operational mining
licences located along the Tien Shan Belt that extends through Central Asia,
currently producing approximately 11,600oz of gold and 116,000 oz of silver
per annum. It is the intention of the Company to assist in increasing
Aprelevka’s production from these four mines closer to the historical peak
production rates of approximately 27,000oz of gold and 250,000oz of silver per
year from the operational mines.

Nominated Adviser 
Beaumont Cornish Limited (“Beaumont Cornish”) is the Company’s Nominated
Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish’s
responsibilities as the Company’s Nominated Adviser, including a
responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under
the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed
solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and
will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections
afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to
the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter
referred to in it