Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4256H

Fresnillo PLC

31 July 2019

 

                                                                                                        Fresnillo plc

21 Upper Brook Street

London W1K 7PY

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

31 July 2019

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Fresnillo plc was notified on 31 July 2019 by Mr. Charles Jacobs, a director of Fresnillo plc, that he has purchased 1,600 Fresnillo plc Ordinary Shares. As a result of this transaction, Mr. Jacobs holds 1,600 Fresnillo plc Ordinary Shares, or 0.00022% of current total number of voting rights attached to the shares of Fresnillo plc.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Article 19 of EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Charles Richard Jacobs
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	Fresnillo plc
b)	LEI	549300JXWH1UV5J0XV81
4	Details of the transaction(s):
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares  GB00B2QPKJ12
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date/time Price(s) GBP Volume(s) Amount(s) GBP (a) 2019-07-31 6.262 1,600 10,019.20 (b) (c) Total 1,600 10,019.20
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
e)	Date/time of the transactions
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Fresnillo plc    London Office                          Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations Patrick Chambers	Tel: [phone]
Mexico City Office Ana Belem Zárate	Tel: [phone]
Powerscourt Peter Ogden	Tel: [phone]

About Fresnillo plc

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.

Fresnillo plc has seven operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos¹, Noche Buena and San Julián, two development projects - the Pyrites Plant at Fresnillo and Juanicipio, and three advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas and Centauro Deep, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects.

Fresnillo plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico, Peru and Chile.

Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of exploring, mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver.

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company and Mexico's largest gold producer.

¹ Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

Forward Looking Statements

Information contained in this announcement may include 'forward-looking statements'. All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the Fresnillo Group's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, the Fresnillo Group's results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the silver and gold industries are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results of the Fresnillo Group's operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates, may differ materially from those described in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this document. In addition, even if the results of operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. A number of factors could cause results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competition, commodity prices, changes in regulation, currency fluctuations (including the US dollar and Mexican Peso exchanges rates), the Fresnillo Group's ability to recover its reserves or develop new reserves, including its ability to convert its resources into reserves and its mineral potential into resources or reserves, changes in its business strategy and political and economic uncertainty.

LEI: 549300JXWH1UV5J0XV81

 

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