December 21, 2022: Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc (“Caledonia” or the “Company” – https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/caledonia-mining-corporation-plc/) declares that the Company received notification on December 19, 2022 from Van Eck Associates Corporation, which is a “significant shareholder” in the Company through two of its funds, pursuant to AIM rules for companies that Van Eck Associates Corporation has changed interest in and the Company has exceeded a certain threshold for disclosure of its interest in the Company on December 16, 2022 by increasing its stake in the company from 3.63% to 4.128%. A copy of the notification is below.
Requests:
| Caledonia Mining Company plc Mark Learmonth Camila Horval |
Tel: +44 1534679800 |
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Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 131220 9771 |
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Liberum Capital Limited (joint broker) |
Tel: +44 20 3100 2000 |
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BlytheRay Financial PR (United Kingdom) |
Tel: +44 207 138 3204 |
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3PPB (Financial Public Relations, North America) |
Tel: +1 917 991 7701 |
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Curate Public Relations (Zimbabwe) |
Tel: +263 77802131 |
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IH Securities (Private) Limited (Sponsor VFEX – Zimbabwe) |
Tel: +263 (242) 745119/33/39 |
in Europe:
Swiss Resource Capital AG
Jochen Steiger and Mark Olinger
[email protected]
www.resource-capital.ch
TR-1: Standard form for reporting important holdings
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Principal property notice (sent to the relevant issuer and if applicable to the FCA in Microsoft Word format) |
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1 a. The identity of the issuer or principal issuer of the existing shares to which the voting rights are attachedSecondly: |
Caledonia Mining Corp PLC |
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1 b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (Please mark with an “X” if applicable) |
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Exporters from outside the UK |
X |
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2. Reason for notification (Please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”) |
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Acquisition or sale of voting rights |
X |
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Acquisition or sale of financial instruments |
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An event that changes the distribution of voting rights |
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Other (please specify) III: |
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3. Information about the person subject to the reporting obligationFourthly |
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family name |
Van Eck Associates Inc |
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City and country of the registered office (if any) |
New York, New York |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (If different than 3.) |
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family name |
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF |
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City and country of the registered office (if any) |
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5. The date on which the limit was exceeded or reachedVI: |
12/16/2022 |
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6. The date the issuer reported the issue (dd/mm/yyyyyy): |
12/19/2022 |
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7. The total number of positions of the person(s) subject to the report |
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Percentage of voting rights attached to shares (total 8a) |
% of voting rights through financial instruments |
Sum of both in % (8.A + 8.B) |
The total number of voting rights of the issuer |
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The resulting position on the day the threshold was crossed or reached |
4.128% |
4.128% |
12,833,120 |
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Previous notification position (if |
465,522 |
3.63% |
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VIII. Details of the resulting situation were disclosed on the day the threshold was exceeded or reachedEighth |
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a: Voting rights related to shares |
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class/type of stock |
The number of voting rightsninth |
% of voting rights |
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direct |
not directly |
direct |
not directly |
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JE00BF0XVB15 |
529,779 |
4.128% |
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between- |
529,779 |
4.128% |
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B 1: Financial instruments in accordance with Article 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(a)) |
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The type of financial instrument |
Expiry datex |
Rehearsal/transfer periodeleventh |
The number of voting rights that can be obtained if the instrument is exercised/converted. |
% of voting rights |
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Subtotal 8. B1 |
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B 2: Financial instruments with a similar economic impact in accordance with Article 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b)) |
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The type of financial instrument |
Expiry datex |
Rehearsal/transfer periodeleventh |
Effective settlement or cash settlementThirteenth |
The number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Subtotal 8.b2 |
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9. Information about the person to be reported (Please mark the appropriate field with an “X”) |
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The persons subject to the reporting obligation are neither under the control of any natural person or legal entity nor over any other entity having an interest, directly or indirectly, in the (underlying) issuer |
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Complete chain of controlled entities over which voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held, starting with the ultimate controlling individual or legal entity xiv (please add additional rows as necessary) |
X |
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family nameFifteenth |
% of voting rights if they meet or exceed the reporting threshold |
The percentage of voting rights held by financial instruments if they meet or exceed the reporting limit |
The sum of both if equal to or greater than the report limit |
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VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF |
3.747% |
3.747% |
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VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF |
0.381% |
0.381% |
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10. If voting by proxy, please provide the following: |
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The name of the authorized person |
Glass Lewis |
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The number and percentage of voting rights owned |
529,779 shares and 4.128% of the voting rights |
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The date until voting rights are retained |
to open |
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11. additional informationFifteenth |
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place of fulfillment |
Tampa, Florida |
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date of starting |
December 19, 2022 |
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