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Rockfire Resources Plc granted 400,000,000 share options to its Directors and senior managers on 24 August 2026. These options have an exercise price of 0.23 pence per share, a three-year term expiring on 24 August 2029, and vested immediately. This grant increases the total outstanding options over Ordinary Shares from 232,000,000 to 632,000,000, representing approximately 5.9% of the Company's issued share capital.
| Date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Time | 09:30:01 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 2342S |
26 August 2026
Rockfire Resources Plc
("Rockfire" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Grant of Share Options
Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK), the base metal, precious metal and critical mineral exploration company, announces that options to subscribe for 400,000,000 new ordinary shares in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") were granted on 24 August 2026 to Directors and senior managers of the Company at an exercise price of 0.23 pence per Ordinary Share, being double the mid-market closing price on 21 August 2026 of 0.11 pence plus 0.01 pence, in accordance with the terms of the Directors' service agreements. The options have a term of three years, and any unexercised options will expire at midnight on 24 August 2029.
The options granted will result in an increase from 232,000,000 to 632,000,000 in the number of outstanding options over Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5.9% of the Company's issued share capital.
The options vested immediately upon issue.
The grants made are as follows:
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Name of Director or Manager |
Number of Options |
Exercise Price |
Option Expriy Date |
Total number of Options held |
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Gordon Hart |
70,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
135,000,000 |
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David Price |
70,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
135,000,000 |
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Ian Staunton |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
64,000,000 |
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Nicholas Walley |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
64,000,000 |
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Patrick Elliott |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
64,000,000 |
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Steven Hunt |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
30,000,000 |
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Christos Skevas |
50,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
50,000,000 |
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Georgios Skevas |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
30,000,000 |
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George Vlachos |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
30,000,000 |
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Konstantinos Christodoulou |
30,000,000 |
£0.0023 |
24/08/2029 |
30,000,000 |
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Total |
400,000,000 |
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632,000,000 |
The table at the end of this announcement provides further information in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information on the Company, please visit www.rockfireresources.com or contact the following:
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Rockfire Resources plc |
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David Price, Chief Executive Officer |
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker): |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656 |
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John Depasquale / Ashur Joseph (Corporate Finance) |
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Matt Butlin / Kelly Gardiner (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
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CMC Markets UK Plc (Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3003 8632 |
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Douglas Crippen |
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Oak Securities (Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3973 3678 |
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Jerry Keen / Robert Bell |
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Notes to Editors
Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK) is a gold, base metal and critical mineral exploration company, with a high-grade zinc/lead/silver/germanium deposit in Greece and a portfolio of gold/copper/silver projects in Queensland Australia.
· The Molaoi deposit in Greece has a JORC Inferred Mineral Resource of 15.0 million tonnes @ 7.26% Zn, 1.75% Pb and 39.50g/t Ag, for 1.5 million tonnes of ZnEq. metal. This resource uses a 4% low-grade cut, and equates to 1.09 million tonnes of zinc, 260,000 tonnes of lead and 19.1 million ounces of silver. Molaoi is also reported under the UNFC Code with classification E2, F2.1, G3 for Zn, Ag, and Pb, and E3.2, F3.1, G4.1 for Ge.
· The Plateau deposit in Queensland has a JORC Inferred Resource of 131,000 ounces of gold and 800,000 ounces of silver, using a 0.5g/t Au cut off. 53,000 of these ounces lie within the top 100m from surface. Plateau is subject to a farm-in by ASX-listed Sunshine Metals Ltd (ASX:SHN).
· The Marengo prospect in Queensland hosts high-grade gold, silver and copper within an historic goldfield, which is entirely under license by Rockfire. Marengo is subject to a farm-in by ASX-listed Eastern Resources Ltd (ASX:EFE).
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Initial notification |
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Rockfire Resources plc |
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Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Rockfire Resources plc ISIN: GB00B42TN250 |
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Grant of options over ordinary shares |
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24 August 2026 |
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