THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF ANY OFFER OR INVITATION TO SELL OR ISSUE, OR ANY SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, ANY SECURITIES OF KEFI GOLD AND COPPER PLC.

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO OR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("THE EEA") OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON TO WHOM, TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

24 March 2026

KEFI Gold and Copper plc

("KEFI" or the "Company")

Result of RetailBook Offer

KEFI (AIM: KEFI), a gold and copper exploration and development company focused on the Arabian Nubian Shield with a pipeline of projects in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced on 19 March 2026 the launch of a fundraising comprising a Firm Placing, a Conditional Placing and a Conditional Subscription in conjunction with a RetailBook Offer.

The Company is pleased to announce that the RetailBook Offer successfully completed and closed at 4.30 p.m. on 23 March 2026 and that it has conditionally raised approximately £941,574 in the RetailBook Offer through the issue of 78,464,474 new Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price of 1.2 pence per share.

Following the close of the RetailBook Offer, the Company has conditionally raised gross proceeds of approximately £35.6 million at the Issue Price via the Fundraising. The Company will therefore be required to issue and allot a total of 2,964,194,769 new Ordinary Shares to satisfy the Fundraising.

The RetailBook Offer is conditional upon the fundraising resolutions being duly passed without amendment at the Company's General Meeting to be held on or around 14 April 2026 and Admission becoming effective at 8:00 am on 16 April 2026 (or such later date as the Company and its advisers may agree, but not later than 8:00 am on 30 April 2026).

Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless defined in this announcement or unless the context provides otherwise, bear the same meaning ascribed to such terms in the launch announcement.

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References to times in this Announcement are to London time unless otherwise stated.

The times and dates mentioned throughout this Announcement may be adjusted by the Company in which event the Company will make an appropriate announcement to a Regulatory Information Service giving details of any revised dates and the details of the new times and dates will be notified to London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange") and, where appropriate, Shareholders. Shareholders may not receive any further written communication.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.

This announcement and the information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, any member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for new Ordinary Shares in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, any member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is or may be unlawful. No public offer of the securities referred to herein is being made in any such jurisdiction.

The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.