Critical Metals plc / EPIC: CRTM / Market: Main Market

15 September 2026

Critical Metals Plc

("Critical Metals" or the "Company") 

Change in Significant Shareholding

Critical Metals plc (LSE:CRTM), developer and operator of the Molulu Copper/Cobalt Project (“Molulu”) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, announces that it has been notified that the acquisition of ordinary shares in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) announced on 16 September 2025 did not complete as expected and so the holding of NIU Invest SE (“NIU”) as at that date remained unchanged from the allotment of 61,402,390 Ordinary Shares to NIU on 8 August 2025 as detailed in the Company’s prospectus published on 5 August 2025.   The Company has recently been notified of transactions in Ordinary Shares by NIU details of which are set out in the TR-1 forms below.

TR1 – 8 August 2025: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8972U_1-2026-9-15.pdf

TR1 – 15 September 2025: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8972U_2-2026-9-15.pdf

TR1 – 14 November 2025: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8972U_3-2026-9-15.pdf

TR1 – 13 March 2026: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8972U_4-2026-9-15.pdf

TR1 – 2 September 2026: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8972U_5-2026-9-15.pdf

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About Critical Metals

Critical Metals plc whose shares are admitted to Equity Shares (transition) Category of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market is focused developing the formerly producing Molulu Copper/Cobalt Project in the Katangan Copperbelt in Democratic Republic of Congo (‘DRC’).