CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

Director's Dealing • Nov 7, 2025

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RNS Number : 5776G

Central Asia Metals PLC

07 November 2025

7 November 2025

Central Asia Metals PLC

('CAML' or the 'Company')

Purchase of Shares and Option Exercises by Directors

The Company (AIM:CAML) was notified on 6 November 2025 that, Gavin Ferrar, Chief Executive Officer and Nigel Robinson, a Non-Executive Director of the Company undertook the following dealings in the Company's ordinary shares of US$0.01 each ('Shares'):-

1.   Purchase of Shares

Mr Ferrar purchased 12,669 Shares on 6 November 2025 at a price of £1.57818 per Share. The Shares were purchased on the open market.

Following this acquisition, Mr Ferrar owns a total of 22,588 Shares.

2.   Exercise of Options

Mr Ferrar and Mr Robinson exercised nominal cost options under the Central Asia Metals Employee Share Plan 2011 and the Central Asia Metals Long-Term Incentive Plan 2022 (the Plans) over Ordinary Shares of US$0.01 each in the Company at an exercise price of US$0.01, as set out in the table below. The option exercises were settled by the Company in cash at £1.537668 per share. Under the Plans, the cash settlement price is calculated from the difference between the average of the middle-market quotations (from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange) for the preceding five days and the exercise price of US$0.01. No actual shares were sold or acquired in this process.

Name	Position	Number of options over Ordinary Shares exercised1	Total options remaining post exercise2
Gavin Ferrar	Chief Executive Officer	277,824	1,063,166
Nigel Robinson	Non-Executive Director	617,276	984,055

1 includes accrued dividends

2 before any adjustments for accrued dividends

For further information contact:

Central Asia Metals
Tony Hunter, Company Secretary	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7603 1515
Richard Morgan, Investor Relations Manager	[email protected]
Peel Hunt (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Ross Allister
David McKeown
Emily Bhasin
BMO Capital Markets (Joint Broker)	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010
Thomas Rider
Pascal Lussier Duquette
BlytheRay (PR Advisors)	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7138 3204
Tim Blythe	[email protected]
Megan Ray

Note to editors:

Central Asia Metals, an AIM-quoted UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper operation in central Kazakhstan and 100% of the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia. The Company also owns an 80% interest in CAML Exploration, a subsidiary formed to progress early-stage exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan, and a 28.4% interest in Aberdeen Minerals Ltd, a privately-owned UK company focused on the exploration and development of base metals opportunities in northeast Scotland.

For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com and follow CAML on X at @CamlMetals and on LinkedIn at Central Asia Metals PLC.

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Gavin Ferrar

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

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

a)

Name

Central Asia Metals plc

b)

LEI

213800EYQBJZIT64NH43

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

Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each

Identification code

GB00B67KBV28

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Acquisition of Shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)   £1.57818	Volume(s) 12,669

d)

Aggregated information

-            Aggregated volume

-            Price

12,669

£19,993.96

e)

Date of the transaction

6 November 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Gavin Ferrar

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

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

a)

Name

Central Asia Metals plc

b)

LEI

213800EYQBJZIT64NH43

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

Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each

Identification code

GB00B67KBV28

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Exercise of nominal cost options over Ordinary Shares in the Company under the Central Asia Metals Employee Share Plan 2011 cash settled at an exercise price of £1.537668 per Share.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)   £1.537668	Volume(s) 277,824

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Price

277,824

£427,201.07

e)

Date of the transaction

6 November 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Nigel Robinson

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

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

a)

Name

Central Asia Metals plc

b)

LEI

213800EYQBJZIT64NH43

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

Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each

Identification code

GB00B67KBV28

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Exercise of nominal cost options over Ordinary Shares in the Company under the Central Asia Metals Employee Share Plan 2011 and the Central Asia Metals Long-Term Incentive Plan 2022 cash settled at an exercise price of £1.537668 per Share.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)   £1.537668	Volume(s) 617,276

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Price

617,276

£949,165.55

e)

Date of the transaction

6 November 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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