Gunsynd PLC

("Gunsynd" or the "Company")

Further re Barb Gold Project

Issue of Equity and Grant of Options

Gunsynd (AIM: GUN) announces that further to its announcement of 23 June 2025, the Company has entered into a farm-in agreement with 10148942 MB LTD (trading as Critical Discoveries) ("the Vendor" or the "Operator") (the "Agreement") with respect to the Barb Gold Project. The terms of the Agreement are the same as the legally binding Term Sheet announced on 23 June 2025.

The Company is in discussions with the Operator with respect to an upcoming work programme and permitting.   The Company will update the market with respect to this in due course. 

Initial Cash and Equity Payment

Gunsynd will shortly make a payment to the Vendor of CAD$190,000 (approx. £102,000) in cash in order to recover costs previously incurred by the Vendor in relation to acquisition and sunk costs on exploration activities.

Gunsynd has also issued 13,039,813 new ordinary shares at a price of 0.1029 pence per share ("Vendor Shares") to the Vendor  in line with the first tranche payment due to the Vendor under the Agreement.

 Grant of Options

Options ("the Options") over a total of 100,000,000 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") were awarded on 26 August 2025 at an exercise price of 0.12 pence (being a premium of 24 per cent. over the mid closing price on 22 August 2025). The Options vest immediately and will expire in 3 years from the date of grant.  

The Options represent approximately 6.72 per cent. of the Company's current issued ordinary share capital. They have been issued to two Directors of the Company, Hamish Harris and Donald Strang (100,000,000 in total).  

The table below sets out the Directors' interest in the Company following this grant of Options:  

Admission

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of the 13,039,813 Vendor Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur on or around 2 September 2025. The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares. 

Total Voting Rights

For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 1,500,285,035 ordinary shares of 0.085p each. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Forward Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or anticipated future events and anticipated results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business conditions, competition for qualified staff, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, uncertainties resulting from working in a new political jurisdiction, uncertainties regarding the results of exploration, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of prospecting rights, uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to execute and implement future plans, and the occurrence of unexpected events.  Actual results achieved may vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors. 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of this announcement.

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