HOCHSCHILD MINING PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Dec 16, 2021

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RNS Number : 9016V

Hochschild Mining PLC

16 December 2021

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are at- tachedii:			Hochschild Mining PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer						X
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			Van Eck Associates Corporation
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			New York, NY USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name			VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF VanEck Vectors Global Mining UCITS ETF VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			13/12/2021
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			15/12/2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights at- tached to shares (to- tal of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instru- ments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of is- suervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.493%			3.493%	17,949,877

Position of previous notification (if applicable)	24,715,437		4.8726%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of	Number of voting rightsix		% of voting rights
shares ISIN code (if possible)
Direct (Art 9 of Directive	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive	Direct (Art 9 of Directive	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive
	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)
		(DTR5.2.1)		(DTR5.2.1)
GB00B1FW5029	17,949,877		3.493%
SUBTOTAL 8. A	17,949,877		3.493%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial in- strument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Pe- riod xi	Physical or cash settlementxii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial in- struments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF	3.144%		3.144%
VanEck Vectors Global Mining UCITS ETF	0.011%		0.011%
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF	0.338%		0.338%

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder	Glass Lewis
The number and % of voting rights held	17,949,877 shares and 3.493% voting right
The date until which the voting rights will be held	Open

Place of completion	Tampa, FL, USA
Date of completion	15 December 2021

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