Hot Rocks Investments PLC

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Hot Rocks Investments plc (HRIP)

Hot Rocks Investments plc: Acquisition of additional The Smarter Web Company Plc warrants

29-Jul-2025 / 11:57 GMT/BST

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29 July 2025

HOT ROCKS INVESTMENTS PLC

(the "Company")

Acquisition of additional The Smarter Web Company Plc warrants

The Smarter Web Company Plc

The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce that Hot Rocks Investments plc has agreed to acquire a further 40,000 warrants over new ordinary shares of The Smarter Web Company plc (“SWC”) for £1 per warrant.  These give the right, subsequent to 12 months of admission of SWC to trading on AQUIS and for a further 2 years, to subscribe for new ordinary shares in the Smarter Web Company at 2.5p per warrant.

This company is an AQUIS-traded UK-based web design agency – with a “10 year plan” incorporating a digital assets treasury policy including bitcoin to support exciting longer term business value. SWC trades under the ticker SWC on Aquis and under the ticker TSWCF on the OTCQB Venture Market in the United States.

Hot Rocks Investments plc now has an interest in 300,000 SWC warrants. 

Gavin Burnell, Managing Director said: “We are pleased to increase our position in The Smarter Web Company and thus our exposure to a company at the forefront of the UK listed entity digital assets space. We maintain low overheads, have access to good dealflow and provide a platform for our shareholders to gain exposure to these small, exciting companies.”

The company holds equity and / or warrant positions in the following entities:

Cel AI plc

D3 Energy

Electrum Discovery Corp

Elephant Oil Corp

Endor Group Limited t/a Universe Payments

First Development Resources plc

Hamak Gold Limited

Laiva Gold Inc

Mafula Energy Limited

Mendell Helium plc

Minergy Limited

Mosi Copper Limited

New Horizon Oil & Gas Limited

Orcadian Energy Plc

Oscillate plc

Phoenix Digital Assets plc

Pilar Gold Inc

Rift Resources Limited

Royal Road Minerals Limited

Supernova Digital Assets plc

Supernova Metals Corp

Tap Global Group plc

The Smarter Web Company Plc

Trigon Metals Inc

Tucano Gold Inc

Unicorn Mineral Resources plc

WeShop Holdings Limited

The Directors continue to look at opportunities to diversify and add value for shareholders.

For further details please contact:

Hot Rocks Investments plc

Gavin Burnell Tel: 0207 2644 546

Optiva Securities Limited

Vishal Balasingham Tel: 0203 981 4174

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ISIN:	GB00B1WV3198
Category Code:	MSCH
TIDM:	HRIP
LEI Code:	213800JNSRPMZVREEO51
Sequence No.:	397302
EQS News ID:	2176172

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

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