Total Voting Rights and transfer from treasury

Tharisa plc

(Incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with limited liability)

(Registration number HE223412)

JSE share code: THA

LSE share code: THS

A2X share code: THA

ISIN: CY0103562118

LEI: 213800WW4YWMVVZIJM90

('Tharisa' or the 'Company')

Transfer of treasury shares and total voting rights

In compliance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, Tharisa hereby notifies the market that as at 31 May 2021, Tharisa has 275 000 000 issued ordinary shares of US$0.001 each admitted to trading.

During May 2021, Tharisa transferred 42 400 ordinary shares from its treasury shares account to satisfy the exercise of Appreciation Rights by the participants of the Tharisa Share Award Plan.  Following these transactions, 269 102 331 shares have voting rights and 5 897 669 are held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in Tharisa is therefore 269 102 331. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in Tharisa under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Paphos, Cyprus

1 June 2021

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Investor relations contacts:

Ilja Graulich (Head of Investor Relations and Communications)

+27 11 996 3500

+27 83 604 0820

[email protected]

Financial PR contacts:

Bobby Morse / Augustine Chipungu / James Husband

+44 207 466 5000

[email protected] 

Broker contacts:

Peel Hunt LLP (UK Joint Broker)

Ross Allister / David McKeown / Alexander Allen

+44 207 7418 8900

BMO Capital Markets Limited (UK Joint Broker)

Thomas Rider / Pascal Lussier Duquette / Nick Macann

+44 207 236 1010

Berenberg (UK Joint Broker)

Matthew Armitt / Jennifer Wyllie / Detlir Elezi

+44 203 207 7800

Nedbank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) (RSA Broker)

Carlyle Whittaker

+27 11 294 0061

About Tharisa

Tharisa is an integrated resource group incorporating mining, processing, exploration and the beneficiation, marketing, sales and logistics of PGMs and chrome concentrates. Its principal asset is the Tharisa Mine located in the South-Western Limb of the Bushveld complex, South Africa. The open pit, mechanised mine has a 14-year open pit life of mine (LOM) and the ability to extend operations underground by at least 40 years. Tharisa is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: THA) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: THS).