EAST STAR RESOURCES PLC

Share Issue/Capital Change • Dec 30, 2025

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East Star Resources PLC

30 December 2025

30 December 2025

East Star Resources Plc

("East Star" or the "Company") 

Exercise of Warrants

East Star Resources Plc (LSE: EST), the Kazakhstan-focused gold and base metals explorer, is pleased to announce that it has received warrant exercise notices to subscribe for a total of 25,590,545 new ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Warrant Shares"). 

A total of 25,590,545 Warrant Shares have been exercised at a price of £0.03 pence per Ordinary Share resulting in total gross proceeds to the Company of £767,716.

Admission

Application has been made for the Warrant Shares to be admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange, and admission of the Warrant Shares is expected to occur on or around 6 January 2026 ("Admission"). The Warrant Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.

For the purpose of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, following Admission the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will comprise 475,175,080 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. 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 Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts:

East Star Resources Plc

Alex Walker, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +44 (0)20 7390 0234 (via Vigo Consulting)

SI Capital (Corporate Broker)

Nick Emerson

Tel: +44 (0)1483 413 500

Vigo Consulting (Investor Relations)

Ben Simons / Peter Jacob

Tel: +44 (0)20 7390 0234

About East Star Resources Plc

East Star Resources is focused on the discovery and development of copper and gold in Kazakhstan. The Company is pursuing multiple exploration strategies including:

·	A joint venture with Hong Kong Xinhai Mining Services Limited to take the Verkhuba Deposit (20.3Mt @ 1.16% copper, 1.54% zinc and 0.27% lead) into production (at no further cost to East Star) with East Star retaining 30% ownership in production
·	A second VMS Exploration Target with up to 23Mt @ 2.4% copper equivalent in the same region, with numerous other targets being advanced to drill-ready status
·	A $25 million+ strategic gold exploration joint venture with Endeavour Mining
·	Tier 1 potential copper porphyry targets and epithermal gold targets in a proven copper porphyry and epithermal belt

Visit our website:

www.eaststarplc.com

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The person who arranged for the release of this announcement was Alex Walker, CEO of the Company.

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