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BOTSWANA DIAMONDS PLC Capital/Financing Update 2026
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RNS Number : 4011X
Botswana Minerals PLC
20 March 2026
20th March 2026
Botswana Minerals PLC
("Botswana Minerals" or the "Company")
Fundraise, Board Changes and TVR
Placing and subscription to raise £1,150,000
Director / PDMR shareholding
Appointment of New Director
The Board of Botswana Minerals (AIM: BMIN) is pleased to announce that it has undertaken a Company-arranged fundraising consisting of a placing and subscription with existing and new investors to raise £1,150,000 via the issue of 460,000,000 new ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of the Company (the "Placing Shares"), which includes the cash subscription by certain directors as detailed below, at a placing price of 0.25p per Placing Share (the "Placing").
Each Placing Share has one share purchase warrant attached with the right to subscribe for one new Ordinary Share at 0.25p per Ordinary Share with an expiry date of one year from 20 March 2026 (the "Placing Warrants"), being the expected date of the Placing Warrants issue.
The Placing Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares. Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and it is expected that such admission will become effective on or around 27 March 2026.
Use of Proceeds
The funds will be used primarily to further the Company's exploration programme on its copper-focused prospecting licences in North-West Botswana, as well as for working capital purposes. The exploration programme is designed to take the high-priority anomalies to drill targets.
Appointment of a New Non-Executive Director
Rory Harding has been appointed to the board of Botswana Minerals as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
He is also currently the Chief Executive Officer of AIM listed Arkle Resources Plc.
Mr Harding is an emerging markets specialist with experience in energy, mining and investment banking and adviser to London merchant bank Strand Hanson. He is the co-founder and asset originator for multiple publicly listed mining companies, most recently Electrum Discovery (TSXV:ELY). Mr Harding formerly worked in energy trading and has extensive operational experience in Africa.
Director Subscription and RPT
Certain directors are subscribing for Placing Shares (with Placing Warrants attached), as set out in the table below:
| Director | Subscription of Placing shares | Enlarged shareholding following the placing | % of enlarged share capital | Placing Warrants |
| John Teeling | 16,000,000 | 87,896,818 | 5.30% | 16,000,000 |
| James Finn | 16,000,000 | 62,638,869 | 3.78% | 16,000,000 |
| James Campbell | 16,668,800 | 33,744,081 | 2.04% | 16,668,800 |
| Rory Harding | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 2.41% | 40,000,000 |
The issue of the Placing Shares and the Placing Warrants to the four directors as set out above constitutes a related party transaction under Rule 13 of AIM Rules. In this context, Robert Bouquet, being a Director on the Board who is considered to be independent of the Placing, considers, having consulted with the Company's Nominated Adviser, Strand Hanson Limited, that the terms of the director participation in the Placing are fair and reasonable insofar as its shareholders are concerned.
Schedule 2(g) Information on New Director
The following disclosures are made pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:
Rory John Harding, aged 40, currently holds or has held the following directorships in the past five years:
| Current Directorships/Partnerships | Past Directorships/Partnerships within last five years |
| Arkle Resources Plc | NeoGreen Hydrogen Corp |
| American Renaissance Resources LLC | Oxley River Capital Pty Ltd |
| Reston Energy Trading Ltd | Aurous Resources Inc |
| Onyofi Capital Pty Ltd | Balkan Metals Corp |
| Patina Minerals Doo | Strand Hanson Guyana Ltd |
| Oakridge Vision Ltd | Oryx Services Namibia Pty Ltd |
| Oxley River Capital Ltd | Molecula Prospera Lda |
| Dunonin Resources Ltd | Elipse Fidalga Lda |
| Inside Theory Lda |
Mr Harding is subscribing for 40,000,000 shares in the placing. Following completion of the Placing, Mr Harding's holding in the Company will be 40,000,000 Ordinary Shares representing 2.41% of the enlarged issued share capital.
Total Voting Rights
In conformity with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), the Company announces the following:
Following the issue of the Placing Shares, there will be a total of 1,658,002,899 Ordinary Shares in issue with each carrying the right to one vote ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 1,658,002,899. The above figure 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.
Special note concerning the Market Abuse Regulation
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR").
A copy of this announcement is available on the Company's website, at www.botswanaminerals.com
Enquiries:
| Botswana Minerals PLC John Teeling, Chairman James Campbell, Managing Director Jim Finn, Director |
+353 1 833 2833 +27 83 457 3724 +353 1 833 2833 |
| Nominated & Financial Adviser Strand Hanson Limited Ritchie Balmer Rory Murphy Edward Foulkes |
+44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
| Broker First Equity Limited Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 207 374 2212 |
| Public Relations BlytheRay Megan Ray Said Izagaren |
+44 (0) 207 138 3204 |
| Teneo Luke Hogg Ciara McNamee Molly Mooney |
+353 (0) 1 661 4055 +353 (0) 1 661 4055 |
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulations, provides further detail in respect of the transaction as described above.
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
James Campbell
2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
CEO
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Botswana Minerals plc
b)
LEI
213800UEF1WVQZIZRA91
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
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in Botswana Minerals plc
ISIN GB00B5TFC825
Nature of the transaction
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares and issue of Placing Warrants
Price(s) and volumes(s)
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 16,668,800 |
Issue of Placing Warrants
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.025 | 16,668,800 |
d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
19th March 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
James Finn
2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Botswana Minerals plc
b)
LEI
213800UEF1WVQZIZRA91
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
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in Botswana Minerals plc
ISIN GB00B5TFC825
Nature of the transaction
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares and issue of Placing Warrants
Price(s) and volumes(s)
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 16,000,000 |
Issue of Placing Warrants
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 16,000,000 |
d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
19th March 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Rory Harding
2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Botswana Minerals plc
b)
LEI
213800UEF1WVQZIZRA91
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
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in Botswana Minerals plc
ISIN GB00B5TFC825
Nature of the transaction
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares and issue of Placing Warrants
Price(s) and volumes(s)
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 40,000,000 |
Issue of Placing Warrants
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 40,000,000 |
d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
19th March 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
John Teeling
2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Botswana Minerals plc
b)
LEI
213800UEF1WVQZIZRA91
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
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in Botswana Minerals plc
ISIN GB00B5TFC825
Nature of the transaction
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares and issue of Placing Warrants
Price(s) and volumes(s)
Subscription for new Ordinary Shares
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 16,000,000 |
Issue of Placing Warrants
| Price(s) | Volumes(s) |
| £0.0025 | 16,000,000 |
d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
19th March 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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