Issue of Equity
11 September 2015
Wishbone Gold Plc
("Wishbone Gold" or the Company")
Wishbone Gold Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: WSBN / Sector: Natural Resources
Issue of Equity
Wishbone Gold Plc (AIM: WSBN), the AIM listed exploration and acquisition company focused on
identifying and developing precious metal related acquisitions, today announces that it has issued
396,849,229 shares to settle various outstanding debts, fees, expenses and loans (the "Debt
Settlement"). The Debt Settlement involves allotment of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company
("Debt Settlement Shares") at a price of 0.25p per Debt Settlement Share (the "Allotment Price"),
the same price at which £250,000 of new equity was raised 10 days ago.
Settlement of monies owed by the Company by way of the Debt Settlement is conditional upon admission
of such Debt Settlement Shares to trading on AIM.
Amounts owing and Debt Settlement Shares allotted include, inter alia:
(a) Black Swan FZE is owed £810,541 (US$1,267,168) and such debt is to be settled by the allotment
of 324,216,359 Debt Settlement Shares;
(b) Easy Business Consulting is owed £28,500.95 (US$43,863.53) and such debt is to be settled by
the allotment of 11,400,380 Debt Settlement Shares;
(c) George Cardona is owed £25,000 (US$38,475.50) and such debt is to be settled by the allotment
of 10,000,000 Debt Settlement Shares;
(d) Alan Gravett is owed £25,000 (US$38,475.50) and such debt is to be settled by the allotment of
10,000,000 Debt Settlement Shares; and
(e) The Z/Yen Employee Benefits Trust is owed £25,000 (US$38,475.50) and such debt is to be
settled by the allotment of 10,000,000 Debt Settlement Shares.
Application has been made for the Debt Settlement Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM which is
expected to occur on 17 September 2015. Following the issue of the Debt Settlement Shares, and for
the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company's total issued share capital on
Admission will consist of 759,900,464 Ordinary Shares.
Following the issue of the Debt Settlement Shares, the holdings in the Company of the Directors and
significant shareholders, as defined by the AIM Rules, will be as follows:
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Name Number of Ordinary Percentage of enlarged issued
Shares held share capital
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Richard Poulden (1) 417,226,971 54.91%
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SVS Securities 100,000,000 13.16%
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Global Resources Investment Trust 49,042,171 6.45%
Plc
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Carousel Holdings International 33,142,857 4.36%
Limited
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Jonathan Harrison (2) 21,220,546 2.79%
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George Cardona 18,609,163 2.45%
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Michael Mainelli (3) 11,696,721 1.54%
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Alan Gravett 11,196,721 1.47%
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Prevalence Capital Ltd (4) 10,142,857 1.33%
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1. Richard Poulden is deemed to be interested in 417,226,971 Ordinary Shares referred to above as
follows (and all such Ordinary Shares, other than those of Black Swan Plc) are registered in
the name of Ashton Nominees Inc.):
a) 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares held by Richard Poulden's infant children;
b) 22,642,857 Ordinary Shares held through the Formidable Trust, a trust for the benefit of
Richard Poulden and his family;
c) 32,505,062 Ordinary Shares held be Black Swan plc, a Company of which Richard Poulden is
the chairman and controls a majority of the shares; and
d) 360,079,052 Ordinary Shares held by Black Swan FZE which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Black Swan plc.
2. Jonathan Harrison is deemed to be interested in 21,220,546 Ordinary Shares referred to above as
follows:
a) 5,092,824 Ordinary Shares held in his own name; and
b) 16,127,722 Ordinary Shares held by Easy Business Consulting Ltd, a company owned and
controlled by Jonathan Harrison.
3. 11,696,721 Ordinary Shares are held by Hawksford Jersey Limited. These shares are held for The
Z/Yen Employee Benefits Trust. Michael Mainelli is a director of Z/Yen Group Limited and a
potential beneficiary of The Z/Yen Group Employee Benefits Trust.
4. Prevalence Capital Ltd is ultimately owned by Barry Everingham, a director of the Company's
subsidiary, Wishbone Gold Pty Ltd.
Chairman Richard Poulden said:
"This completes the restructuring of Wishbone to leave it debt free and with cash to fund the
continuing exploration of its portfolio of Australian properties."
Enquiries:
Wishbone Gold Plc www.wishbonegold.com
Richard Poulden, Executive Chairman Tel: +971 4343 5134
Clive Hyman, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +44 20 7562 7653
Tel: +44 78 0263 4163
Sanlam Securities UK Limited
Simon Clements/Virginia Bull Tel: +44 20 7628 2200
Beaufort Securities Limited
Elliot Hance Tel: + 44 20 7382 8300
Damson PR
Abigail Stuart-Menteth Tel: +44 7855 526550
Sandra Spencer Tel: +44 7749 813717
Wishbone Gold Plc