23 June 2022

CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

("CAML" or the "Company")

Grant of Long-Term Share Awards

Central Asia Metals plc (AIM:CAML) announces that, on 22 June 2022, the following nominal cost long-term share awards ("LTIP Awards") over ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, were granted to Executive Directors of the Company under the Central Asia Metals Long-Term Incentive Plan 2022. Each LTIP Award is exercisable in return for one ordinary share.

¹ vesting of these awards is subject to the achievement of certain performance conditions

² before any adjustments for accrued dividends

These LTIP Awards will generally vest on 31 March 2025 subject to the achievement of performance conditions to align with CAML's understanding of long-term shareholder expectations. The performance conditions comprise:

- a 75% component achieved by relative total shareholder return ('TSR') versus CAML's peer group

- a 25% component related to achievement of CAML's long-term sustainability targets.

The Awards have a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant, subject to any earlier lapsing under these rules.

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Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia.

For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com and follow CAML on Twitter at @CamlMetals and on LinkedIn at Central Asia Metals Plc.