Anglo Asian Mining plc / Ticker: AAZ / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

3 May 2022

Anglo Asian Mining plc

Change in beneficial ownership of shares

Anglo Asian Mining plc ("Anglo Asian" or the "Company"), the AIM-listed gold, copper and silver producer focused on Azerbaijan, was informed on 26 April 2022 that the ultimate beneficial owner of Limelight Industrial Developments Limited ("Limelight") has changed to Ms Yasamin Vaziri Lotfinezhad.

Limelight remains interested in 4,038,600 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 3.53 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

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Notes to Editors:

Anglo Asian Mining plc (AIM:AAZ) is a gold, copper and silver producer in Central Asia with a broad portfolio of production and exploration assets in Azerbaijan. The Company produced 64,610 gold equivalent ounces ("GEOs") for the year ended 31 December 2021.  

In September 2021, the Company announced a transaction with the Government of Azerbaijan which grants it three additional concessions with a combined area of 882 square kilometres, including the Garadagh porphyry copper deposit, with a Soviet classified resource of over 300,000 tonnes of copper. The transaction is subject to ratification by the parliament of Azerbaijan.

In December 2021, the Company undertook a private placement which acquired 19.8 per cent. of Libero Copper & Gold Corporation ("Libero"). The transaction was completed in January 2022. Libero is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada and owns, or has the option to acquire, several copper exploration properties in North and South America, including Mocoa in Colombia, one of the world's largest undeveloped copper-molybdenum resources.    

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