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25 September 2017
CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC
Publication of Admission Document and Notice of General Meeting
Central Asia Metals PLC (CAML or the Company) is pleased to announce that further to the announcement of 22 September 2017 regarding the proposed acquisition of Lynx Resources Limited, an Admission Document in relation to the Acquisition and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting to approve the Acquisition and the Company Placing will be posted to shareholders today and is available to download from the Company's website (www.centralasiametals.com).
The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at 21 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0DJ at 11.00am on 11 October 2017.
Following the publication of the Admission Document, the Company anticipates that the suspension of the trading in the Company's shares will be lifted and that trading in the Company's ordinary shares will recommence this morning.
All capitalised terms, unless otherwise defined, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the announcement titled Proposed Acquisition of Lynx Resources Limited and released by the Company at 7:01am on 22 September 2017.
For further information, please contact:
Central Asia Metals Plc +44 (0) 20 7898 9001
Nick Clarke, Executive Chairman
Nigel Robinson, Chief Financial Officer
Gavin Ferrar, Business Development Director
Louise Wrathall, Investor Relations
J.P. Morgan Cazenove +44 (0) 20 7742 8000
(Financial Adviser and Joint Bookrunner)
Barry Weir
Edward Jack
Nicholas Hall
Peel Hunt LLP +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Bookrunner)
Matthew Armitt
Ross Allister
Chris Burrows
Mirabaud Securities Limited +44 (0) 20 3167 7221
(Co Lead Manager)
Peter Krens
Blytheweigh +44 (0) 20 7138 3204
(PR Adviser to CAML)
Tim Blythe
Camilla Horsfall
Megan Ray
Note to editors:
Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan. The Company also owns 80% of the Shuak copper exploration property in northern Kazakhstan. In addition, Central Asia Metals has a 75% equity interest in Copper Bay Ltd, which is a private company that has conducted a definitive feasibility study at its copper project in Chañaral Bay, Chile. For further information, please visit www.centralasiametals.com.
Peel Hunt and Mirabaud which are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and J.P. Morgan which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and regulated by the PRA and FCA are acting solely for the Company and no one else in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Peel Hunt, Mirabaud or J.P. Morgan Cazenove, respectively, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing. None of Peel Hunt, Mirabaud or J.P. Morgan Cazenove nor any of their respective subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability, or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Peel Hunt, Mirabaud or J.P. Morgan Cazenove, respectively, in connection with the Placing, any statements in this announcement or otherwise. Nothing in this paragraph shall serve to exclude or limit any responsibilities which Peel Hunt, Mirabaud or J.P. Morgan Cazenove may have under FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.
