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THOR ENERGY PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2021
Jan 31, 2021
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Major Shareholding Notification
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ASX Code: "THR"
THOR
MINING PLC
1 February 2021
THOR MINING PLC
Registered Numbers:
United Kingdom 05276 414
Australia 121 117 673
Registered Office:
58 Galway Avenue
MARLESTON, SA, 5035
Australia
Ph: +61 8 7324 1935
Fx: +61 8 8351 5169
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.thormining.com
Twitter
@ThorMining
Enquiries:
Mick Billing
Executive Chairman
Thor Mining PLC
+61 8 7324 1935
Nominated Advisor
Colin Aaronson
Grant Thornton
+44 (0) 20 7383 5100
AIM & ASX Listings:
Shares: THR
Directors:
Michael Billing
Mark Potter
Mark McGeough
Key Projects:
- Gold
Ragged Range WA - Tungsten
Molyhil NT
Pilot Mountain USA - Copper
Kapunda SA
Moonta SA - Uranium/Vanadium
Colorado/Utah USA
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
The Directors of Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX THR) (“Thor” or “Company”) wish to advise of the receipt of a notification of a change in the holding of a substantial shareholder (Form TR-1, attached). The Form TR-1 has been released in the UK, under the AIM rules of the London Stock Exchange and Thor makes this equivalent announcement to the ASX.
Authorised for release by Ray Ridge, Company Secretary.
For further information please contact
THOR MINING PLC
Ray Ridge, Company Secretary
+61 8 7324 1935
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.
About Thor Mining PLC
Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) is a resources company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and on ASX in Australia.
At the 100% owned Ragged Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Thor has exciting early stage results for which gold and nickel drilling is planned.
At Alford East in South Australia, Thor is earning an 80% interest in copper deposits considered amenable to extraction via Insitu Recovery techniques (ISR).
Thor also holds a 30% interest Australian copper development company EnviroCopper Limited, which in turn holds rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the resource on the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine in South Australia recoverable by way of in situ recovery⁴, and also holds rights to earn a 75% interest in portion of the Moonta Copper project also in South Australia, and is considered amenable to recovery by way of in situ recovery⁵.
Thor holds mineral claims in the US states of Colorado and Utah with historical high-grade uranium and vanadium drilling and production results.
Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project in the Northern Territory of Australia, for which an updated feasibility study in August 2018¹ suggested attractive returns.
Adjacent Molyhil, at Bonya, Thor holds a 40% interest in deposits of tungsten, copper, and vanadium, including an Inferred resource for the Bonya copper deposit².
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ASX Code: "THR"
THOR
1 February 2021
Thor holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred Resources Estimate³ on 2 of the 4 known deposits.
Notes
¹ Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 23 August 2018
² Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 26 November 2018
³ Refer AIM announcement of 13 December 2018 and ASX announcement of 14 December 2018
⁴ Refer AIM announcement of 10 February 2018 and ASX announcement of 12 February 2018
⁵ Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 15 August 2019
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Commercial in confidence
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
| NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Thor Mining plc | |||
| 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate) | ||||
| Non-UK issuer | ||||
| 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 | X | |||
| Other (please specify)^{iii.} | ||||
| 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation^{iv.} | ||||
| Name | Metal Tiger plc | |||
| City and country of registered office (if applicable) | London, United Kingdom | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)^{v.} | ||||
| Name | ||||
| City and country of registered office (if applicable) | ||||
| 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^{vi.} | 27 January 2021 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): | 28/01/2021 | |||
| 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation | ||||
| % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A) | % of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2) | Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) | Total number of voting rights of issuer^{vii.} | |
| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached | 1.96% | 0.77% | 2.73% | 1,622,703,822 |
| Position of previous notification (if applicable) | 2.72% | 0.82% | 3.55% |
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| 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^{10} | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
| Class/type of shares | ||||
| ISIN code (if possible) | Number of voting rights^{11} | % of voting rights | ||
| Direct | ||||
| (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) | Indirect | |||
| (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) | Direct | |||
| (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) | Indirect | |||
| (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) | ||||
| GB00BD0NBV71 Ordinary Shares | 31,750,000 | 1.96% | ||
| SUBTOTAL 8. A | 31,750,000 | 1.96% | ||
| B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) | ||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date^{4} | Exercise/ Conversion Period^{12} | 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 date^{4} | Exercise/ Conversion Period^{12} | Physical or cash settlement^{13} | Number of voting rights |
| Warrants | 23/10/2022 | To 23/10/2022 | Cash - £0.01 per new ordinary share | 12,500,000 |
| SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 | 12,500,000 |
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| 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) issuer^{xiii} | X | |||
| 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 entity^{xiv} (please add additional rows as necessary) | ||||
| Name^{xv} | % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | |
| 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: | ||||
| --- | --- | |||
| Name of the proxy holder | ||||
| The number and % of voting rights held | ||||
| The date until which the voting rights will be held | ||||
| 11. Additional information^{xvi} | ||||
| --- | ||||
| Metal Tiger plc no longer has a notifiable interest in Thor Mining plc. | ||||
| Place of completion | London, United Kingdom | |||
| --- | --- | |||
| Date of completion | 28 January 2021 |