RNS Number : 2344MGreatland Gold PLC10 January 2023

10 January 2023

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Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options and Director Dealing

Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP),a mining development and exploration company with a focus on precious and base metals, announces the exercise of options and sale of shares by Non-Executive Directors, Clive Latcham and Alex Borrelli.

Following exercise of the options and sale of shares both Non-Executive Directors will have increased their shareholding in Greatland. The relevant options needed to be exercised ahead of expiry and proceeds from the sale of these shares will principally meet the exercise price and tax liabilities.

Clive Latcham, Non-Executive Director, has exercised options over 8,750,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 2.5 pence per share for a total consideration of £218,750. He has retained 3,150,000 of the resulting shares, and sold 5,600,000 of the resulting shares to fund the associated exercise costs and tax liabilities. As a result of this transaction, Clive Latcham's shareholding has now increased to 3,150,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.06% of the total voting rights. Clive Latcham retains 2,750,000 share options in the Company at various strike prices.

Alex Borelli, Non-Executive Director, has exercised options over 7,500,000 options at 0.7 pence per share and for 25,000,0000 options at 0.2 pence per share for a total consideration of £102,500. He has retained 13,300,000 of the resulting shares, and sold 19,200,000 of the resulting shares to fund the associated exercise costs and tax liabilities. As a result of this transaction, Alex Borelli's shareholding has now increased to 26,403,372 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.52% of the total voting rights. Alex Borelli retains 19,000,000 share options in the Company at various strike prices.

Admission of shares and total voting rights

As a result of these option conversions, 41,250,000 new ordinary shares will be admitted to trading under the Block Listing Application dated 4 January 2023.

Following Admission, the total issued share capital of the Company will consist of 5,057,126,282 ordinary shares. As each ordinary share carries the right to one vote, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 5,057,126,282. This number may be used by shareholders 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.



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

Company directors/officers:

Clive Latcham

Non-Executive Director

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

See 1(a) above for all positions - all classified as PDMRs of the Company

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Greatland Gold plc

b)

LEI

213800KMN7LDF4VRPQ10

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each

b)

Identification code

GB00B15XDH89

c)

Nature of the transactions

Exercise of Options over Ordinary Shares & Sale of Shares

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Clive Latcham

Date

Transaction Type

Amount

Price

9 January 2023

Exercise of Options

8,750,000

2.5p

9 January 2023

Saleof Ordinary Shares

5,600,000

8.30p

e)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

Transaction Type

Amount

Price

Exercise of Options

8,750,000

2.5p

Sale of Ordinary Shares

5,600,000

8.30p

f)

Date of the transactions

9 January 2023

g)

Place of the transactions

London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)



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

Company directors/officers:

Alex Borrelli

Non-Executive Director

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

See 1(a) above for all positions - all classified as PDMRs of the Company

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Greatland Gold plc

b)

LEI

213800KMN7LDF4VRPQ10

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each

b)

Identification code

GB00B15XDH89

c)

Nature of the transactions

Exercise of Options over Ordinary Shares & Sale of Shares

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Alex Borrelli

Date

Transaction Type

Amount

Price

9 January 2023

Exercise of Options

25,000,000

0.2p

9 January 2023

Exercise of Options

7,500,000

0.7p

9 January 2023

Saleof Ordinary Shares

19,200,000

8.30p

e)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

Transaction Type

Amount

Price

Exercise of Options

25,000,000

0.2p

Exercise of Options

7,500,000

0.7p

Sale of Ordinary Shares

19,200,000

8.30p

f)

Date of the transactions

9 January 2023

g)

Place of the transactions

London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)



Enquiries:

Greatland Gold PLC

Shaun Day


[email protected]

www.greatlandgold.com

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Andrew Emmott/James Keeshan


+44 (0)20 3368 3550

Berenberg (Joint Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser)

Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee/Jack Botros


+44 (0)20 3207 7800

Canaccord Genuity (Joint Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser)

James Asensio/Patrick Dolaghan


+44 (0)20 7523 8000

SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker)

Nick Emerson/Sam Lomanto


+44 (0)14 8341 3500



Gracechurch Group (Media and Investor Relations)

Harry Chathli/Alexis Gore/Henry Gamble


+44 (0)20 4582 3500

Notes for Editors:

Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP) is a mining development and exploration company with a focus onprecious and base metals.

Greatland has a proven track record of discovery and exploration success. It is pursuing the next generation of tier-one mineral deposits by applying advanced exploration techniques in under-explored regions. The Company is focused on safe, low-risk jurisdictions and is strategically positioned in the highly prospective Paterson region. Greatland has a total of four projects across Australia with a focus on becoming a multi-commodity mining company of significant scale.

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