Vast Resources plc / Ticker: VAST / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

20 January 2026

Vast Resources plc
("Vast" or the "Company")

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Vast Resources plc, the AIM quoted mining company, is pleased to announce that the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company will be held at Nettlestead Place, Maidstone Road, Nettlestead, Kent ME18 5HA at 11:00am on Thursday 12 February 2026. A copy of the Notice of AGM, associated proxy form, and a letter from the Chairman has been posted to shareholders today, and copies can be found on the Company's website at www.vastplc.com.

The relevant text included in the letter from the Chairman is copied below.

Letter from the Chairman of the Company

Dear Shareholder

The purpose of this letter is to explain the delay in convening the AGM, and to update you on progress generally.

On 22 December 2025, Vast Resources PLC (the "Company") announced the proposed acquisition of Gulf International Minerals Limited ("Gulf") (the "Acquisition"), which is a mining and development company focused on mining deposits in Tajikistan and is party to a joint venture, the Joint Tajik-Canadian Limited Liability Company, with the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies in Tajikistan (the "Tajikistan Government") in respect of four gold mining operations; Aprelevka, Burgunda, Ikkizelon and Kyzylcheku, together with a central processing plant, located in Northern Tajikistan, and two tailings facilities; the Kansai Tailings and the Soviet Tailings. The full text of the announcement can be accessed via the link https://irtools.co.uk/99/story/pdf/0d946d1f-28ce-4098-b4e8-8c1a1f5b46c2

Completion of the Acquisition will require approval by the independent shareholders at a General Meeting of the Company ("GM") at which resolutions will be proposed which, so far as authorities to issue new ordinary shares of £0.001 each in the issued share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") is concerned, will supersede those being proposed at the AGM, as well as approving the Acquisition and granting a Rule 9 Waiver to the vendors of Gulf, to waive the obligations of the concert party in relation to the transaction to make a general offer to all shareholders pursuant to Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code") that would otherwise arise in respect of the Acquisition. The notice of this GM will include an AIM Admission Document and will be sent to the shareholders of the Company as soon as possible.

It was hoped that the AGM and the GM could be held concurrently, but as the notice periods for the AGM and the GM are not the same, it has been decided that the AGM should be convened now, with the GM to be convened in due course. Assuming publication of the AIM Admission Document during the AGM notice period, the directors will consider adjourning the AGM in order that the meetings can occur concurrently, which will allow for a more coherent narrative to be presented.

Yours faithfully

Brian Moritz

Chairman

20 January 2026

**ENDS**

For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.vastplc.com or contact:

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended by virtue of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.