Argo Blockchain, a global leader in cryptocurrency mining, has announced the allotment of 1,638,305 new ordinary shares of £0.001 each in the capital of the company. These shares were issued pursuant to the terms of previously granted Restricted Share Units. The new shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares and application has been made for them to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. The admission is expected to occur on December 20th. After the admission, the company will have a total of 536,963,471 ordinary shares in issue. No ordinary shares are held in treasury. Shareholders can use this figure as the denominator for calculating their interest in the company.