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Greatland Gold PLC

10 January 2023

10 January 2023

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK MARKET ABUSE REGULATIONS. ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options and Director Dealing

Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP), a mining development and exploration company with a focus on precious and base metals, announces the exercise of options and sale of shares by Non-Executive Directors, Clive Latcham and Alex Borrelli.

Following exercise of the options and sale of shares both Non-Executive Directors will have increased their shareholding in Greatland. The relevant options needed to be exercised ahead of expiry and proceeds from the sale of these shares will principally meet the exercise price and tax liabilities.

Clive Latcham, Non-Executive Director, has exercised options over 8,750,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 2.5 pence per share for a total consideration of GBP218,750. He has retained 3,150,000 of the resulting shares, and sold 5,600,000 of the resulting shares to fund the associated exercise costs and tax liabilities. As a result of this transaction, Clive Latcham's shareholding has now increased to 3,150,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.06% of the total voting rights. Clive Latcham retains 2,750,000 share options in the Company at various strike prices.

Alex Borelli, Non-Executive Director, has exercised options over 7,500,000 options at 0.7 pence per share and for 25,000,0000 options at 0.2 pence per share for a total consideration of GBP102,500. He has retained 13,300,000 of the resulting shares, and sold 19,200,000 of the resulting shares to fund the associated exercise costs and tax liabilities. As a result of this transaction, Alex Borelli's shareholding has now increased to 26,403,372 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.52% of the total voting rights. Alex Borelli retains 19,000,000 share options in the Company at various strike prices.

Admission of shares and total voting rights

As a result of these option conversions, 41,250,000 new ordinary shares will be admitted to trading under the Block Listing Application dated 4 January 2023.

Following Admission, the total issued share capital of the Company will consist of 5,057,126,282 ordinary shares. As each ordinary share carries the right to one vote, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 5,057,126,282. This number may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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

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

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
  1.    closely associated 
 a)                                      Company directors/officers: 
         Name                             Clive Latcham   Non-Executive Director 
                                                         ----------------------- 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
       Reason for the notification 
  2. 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                  See 1(a) above for all positions - 
                                         all classified as PDMRs of the Company 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification/Amendment   Initial Notification 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3.    auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                             Greatland Gold plc 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    LEI                              213800KMN7LDF4VRPQ10 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4.    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               Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each 
        financial instrument 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    Identification code              GB00B15XDH89 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 c)    Nature of the transactions       Exercise of Options over Ordinary Shares 
                                         & Sale of Shares 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s)           Clive Latcham Date         Transaction    Amount      Price 
                                                        Type 
                                          9 January    Exercise 
                                           2023         of Options    8,750,000   2.5p 
                                                      -------------  ----------  ------ 
                                                       S ale of 
                                          9 January     Ordinary 
                                           2023         Shares        5,600,000   8.30p 
                                                      -------------  ----------  ------ 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 e)    Aggregated information             Transaction Type           Amount      Price 
        - Aggregated volume                Exercise of Options        8,750,000   2.5p 
        - Price                                                      ----------  ------ 
                                           Sale of Ordinary Shares    5,600,000   8.30p 
                                                                     ----------  ------ 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 f)    Date of the transactions         9 January 2023 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 g)    Place of the transactions        London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 

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

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
  1.    closely associated 
 a)                                      Company directors/officers: 
         Name                             Alex Borrelli   Non-Executive Director 
                                                         ----------------------- 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
       Reason for the notification 
  2. 
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                  See 1(a) above for all positions - 
                                         all classified as PDMRs of the Company 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification/Amendment   Initial Notification 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3.    auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                             Greatland Gold plc 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                              213800KMN7LDF4VRPQ10 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4.    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               Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each 
        financial instrument 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Identification code              GB00B15XDH89 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Nature of the transactions       Exercise of Options over Ordinary Shares 
                                         & Sale of Shares 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s)           Alex Borrelli Date         Transaction    Amount       Price 
                                                        Type 
                                          9 January    Exercise 
                                           2023         of Options    25,000,000   0.2p 
                                                      -------------  -----------  ------ 
                                          9 January    Exercise 
                                           2023         of Options    7,500,000    0.7p 
                                                      -------------  -----------  ------ 
                                                       S ale of 
                                          9 January     Ordinary 
                                           2023         Shares        19,200,000   8.30p 
                                                      -------------  -----------  ------ 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Aggregated information             Transaction Type           Amount       Price 
        - Aggregated volume                Exercise of Options        25,000,000   0.2p 
        - Price                                                      -----------  ------ 
                                           Exercise of Options        7,500,000    0.7p 
                                                                     -----------  ------ 
                                           Sale of Ordinary Shares    19,200,000   8.30p 
                                                                     -----------  ------ 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Date of the transactions         9 January 2023 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 g)    Place of the transactions        London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) 
      -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
 Greatland Gold PLC                                   info@greatlandgold.com 
  Shaun Day                                            www.greatlandgold.com 
 
 SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated 
  Adviser) 
  Andrew Emmott/James Keeshan                         +44 (0)20 3368 3550 
 
 Berenberg (Joint Corporate Broker and Financial 
  Adviser) 
  Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee/Jack Botros             +44 (0)20 3207 7800 
 
 Canaccord Genuity (Joint Corporate Broker 
  and Financial Adviser) 
  James Asensio/Patrick Dolaghan                      +44 (0)20 7523 8000 
 
 SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) 
  Nick Emerson/Sam Lomanto                            +44 (0)14 8341 3500 
 
 Gracechurch Group (Media and Investor Relations) 
  Harry Chathli/Alexis Gore/Henry Gamble              +44 (0)20 4582 3500 
 

Notes for Editors:

Greatland Gold plc (AIM:GGP) is a mining development and exploration company with a focus on precious and base metals.

Greatland has a proven track record of discovery and exploration success. It is pursuing the next generation of tier-one mineral deposits by applying advanced exploration techniques in under-explored regions. The Company is focused on safe, low-risk jurisdictions and is strategically positioned in the highly prospective Paterson region. Greatland has a total of four projects across Australia with a focus on becoming a multi-commodity mining company of significant scale.

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