26 November 2024

Anglo Asian Mining PLC

Historic Distributions to Shareholders

Anglo Asian Mining PLC ("Anglo Asian" or the "Company"), the AIM listed gold, copper and silver producer focused in Azerbaijan, announces that the Company has been informed by the Financial Reporting Council of an administrative technical issue with its distributable reserves, the payment of historical dividends in the years ended 31 December 2022 and 2023 and the share buybacks undertaken in 2022. This matter has no impact on Anglo Asian's current trading, nor on the Company's dividend policy going forward.

The Company's dividends are payable out of its available distributable reserves. These are calculated by reference to the last filed annual or interim accounts. If interim accounts are used, these are required to be filed at Companies House.

At all times there were adequate reserves in the subsidiary companies of Anglo Asian to pay its dividends.  However, at the specific time of annual accounts being filed, funds set aside for dividend distribution remained within the subsidiary companies and had not been transferred to the Company at the appropriate time in order to make such distributions.

The Company is currently discussing the situation with its advisers, and it plans to rectify this technical issue by holding a General Meeting to consider the necessary resolutions and, assuming these are passed, to regularise the position. This will put all potentially affected parties in the position where they were always intended to be in respect of these dividends.

Full details will be contained in a Circular and Notice of General Meeting which will be sent to shareholders as soon as practicable.

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About Anglo Asian Mining

Anglo Asian Mining plc (AIM:AAZ) is a gold, copper and silver producer with a high-quality portfolio of production and exploration assets in Azerbaijan. The Company produced 31,821 gold equivalent ounces ("GEOs") for the year ended 31 December 2023. 

On 30 March 2023, the Company published its strategic plan for growth which shows a clearly defined path for the Company to transition to a multi-asset, mid-tier, copper and gold producer by 2028, by which time copper will be the principal product of the Company, with forecast production of around 36,000 copper equivalent tonnes. It plans to achieve this growth by bringing into production four new mines during the period 2024 to 2028 at Zafar, Gilar, Xarxar and Garadag. 

https://www.angloasianmining.com/