Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marula Mining PLC

22 October 2024

 

Marula Mining PLC

 ("Marula'' or the "Company")

22 October 2024

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marula Mining (AQSE: MARU), an African focused mining and development company, has received notification on 22 October 2024, that Gathoni Muchai Investments Limited ("GMI") made the following purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company. Jason Brewer, a director of the Company, is a director and shareholder of GMI.

Director	Number of ordinary shares purchased	Purchase price (Aggregated)	Resultant interest in ordinary shares in the Company	Resultant percentage of issued ordinary shares in the Company
Jason Brewer	340,000	5.38 pence	18,500,0001	9.13%

¹ 18,500,000 ordinary shares are held by Gathoni Muchai Investments Limited ("GMI"), Jason Brewer, Chief Executive Officer and shareholder of the Company, is a connected person to the Chief Executive Officer of GMI and a substantial shareholder and director of GMI

The Directors of Marula are responsible for the contents of this announcement. This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of UK Market Abuse Regulation.

About Marula Mining

Marula Mining (AQSE: MARU A2X: MARU) is an African focused battery metals investment and exploration company and has interests in several high value mining operations and mine development projects in Africa: the Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine, Northern Cape Lithium and Tungsten Project, Korridor Lithium Project and Kruisrivier Cobalt Mine, all in South Africa; the Larisoro Manganese Mine and Kilifi Manganese Processing Operation both in Kenya; the Kinusi Copper Mine, the Nyorinyori Graphite Project, the NyoriGreen Graphite Project and the Bagamoyo Graphite Project all in Tanzania and the Nkombwa Hill Project in Zambia. As we advance operations at these battery metals focused projects, Marula will continue to build and expand its interests in other high-quality projects in Africa.

Marula's strategy is to identify and invest in advanced and high-value mining projects throughout East, Central and Southern Africa that the Directors believe would deliver returns for its shareholders. The Board and Management team aims to establish Marula as a socially and environmentally responsible, sustainable, and profitable producer of critical metals and commodities that are of increasingly strategic importance to modern technologies and the global economy. Marula's shares are traded on AQUIS Stock Exchange ("AQSE") in London and A2X Markets in South Africa. Marula is exploring opportunities to admit its shares to trading on Kenya's Nairobi Securities Exchange and South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

For enquiries contact:

Marula Mining PLC Jason Brewer, Chief Executive Officer Faith Kinyanjui Mumbi Investor Relations	Email : [e-mail] Email : [e-mail]
AQSE Corporate Adviser Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Liam Murray / Ludovico Lazzaretti	[phone]
Broker Peterhouse Capital Limited, Charles Goodfellow / Duncan Vasey	[phone]
Financial PR and IR BlytheRay Tim Blythe / Megan Ray / Said Izagaren	[phone]
A2X Advisor AcaciaCap Advisors Proprietary Limited Michelle Krastanov	[phone]

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a.	Name	Jason Brewer
2	Reason for notification
a.	Position/Status	Chief Executive Officer of the Company (also a director and shareholder of Gathoni Muchai Investments and connected person to the CEO of GMI)
b.	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Marula Mining plc
b.	LEI	2138002UCKAEBPYWVT15
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 0.01 pence each ISIN: GB00BNBS4S95
b.	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) 5.375p 340,000
d.	Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	21 October 2024
f.	Place of the transaction	AQSE

 

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