Commercial Scale Demonstration Plant Update

29 January 2019

Arc Minerals Ltd 

('Arc' or the 'Company')

Commercial Scale Demonstration Plant Update

Arc Minerals is pleased to provide an update on the Commercial Scale Demonstration plant ("the Plant") at its Zamsort Copper-Cobalt project in north western Zambia. 

Over the past nine months the Company has made excellent progress with the construction of the Plant. During November 2018, the technical team completed the front end of the plant comprising the two crusher units, screens, a ball mill and conveyors. This section has been completed and successfully commissioned in December 2018 and has an initial capacity to process 10,000 tonnes per month. The back end of the plant is due to commission in the next week and initial production is scheduled to commence shortly thereafter. 

The plant has a fully permitted renewable mining license through to 2025 and is fully funded through to initial production.  Discussions are currently underway with a number of off-takers regarding future sales. 

Nick von Schirnding, Executive Chairman of Arc Minerals commented: 
 

"I am very pleased with the progress at our plant over the past year. We have been extremely disciplined in regards to our capex requirements and have met our targets of completing the plant on schedule and on budget. Since we came on board less than a year ago we have, for a relatively modest investment of under half a million dollars, now got a plant that is capable of producing copper/cobalt concentrates and generate future revenues for the group. 

We are finalising the airborne survey and geochem analysis and a further update is imminent."

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Notes to the Editors

Arc Minerals is an AIM listed exploration and mine development company focused on a diversified portfolio of mining projects with interests in Slovakia, Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. 

ARC Minerals current holdings include:

●100% interest in CASA Mining Limited, a private company that has a 71.25% interest in the 3-million-ounce inferred Resource Akyanga gold deposit in the DRC.

●A 66% equity interest in Zamsort Limited ("Zamsort"), a private company focused on a prospective copper and cobalt licence in the Zambia Copperbelt, together with a convertible loan to Zamsort which converts into approximately a five percent additional equity interest in Zamsort.

●100% ownership of the Kremnica Mining Licence Area in Slovakia which host the 1.3Moz AuEq Au PFS stage Ṧturec Gold Project.

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