4 November 2021 

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Capital Metals plc

("CMET" or the "Company")

AGM Statement

Capital Metals, (LSE: CMET), a natural resources company focused on the development of the Eastern Minerals Project in Sri Lanka ("the Project") is holding its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') today.

Ahead of the meeting, the Group's Chairman, Greg Martyr, has issued the following statement:

The Board notes the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") approval process in Sri Lanka is nearing completion. Following the lifting of strict COVID-19 lock down measures including the movement of people, Sri Lankan government departments are now back working in the office. To this end our colleagues in Sri Lanka advise that the EIA is likely to be approved in the near term, during the month of November. The Board will make a further announcement in due course.

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