Shareholder Analysis

The information contained within this shareholder information section was last updated on 6 May 2026.

Financial Summary

Index AIM ALL

Market

AIM, AQUIS Exchange

EPIC

WSBN

Sector

Natural Resources, Mining

Financial year end

31 December

Total authorised share capital

£8,000,000

(8,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares at 0.1 pence each)

Percentage of issued share capital not in public hands

42.57%

Total issued share capital

34,400,438
Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence (no Ordinary Shares are held in treasury by the Company)

Directors’ Shareholding in the Company

NameNumber of Shares Held% of enlarged issued share capital
Richard Poulden (1)1,047,2253.04%
Jonathan Harrison (2)19,7470.06%
Michael Mainelli (3)18,5510.05%
Jack Sun769,2302.24%
  1. Richard Poulden is deemed to be interested in 846,359 Ordinary Shares held in his own name and in trusts for the benefit of his family.  He is also deemed to be interested in 200,866 shares held by the Black Swan Group of which he is Chairman.
  2. Jonathan Harrison is deemed to be interested in 19,747 Ordinary Shares referred to above as follows:
      a) 509 Ordinary Shares held in his own name; and
      b) 19,238 Ordinary Shares held by Easy Business Consulting Ltd, a company controlled by Jonathan Harrison and owned by Jonathan Harrison and his wife.
  3. 18,551 Ordinary Shares are held for The Z/ Yen Employee Benefits Trust. Michael Mainelli is a director of Z/Yen Group Limited and a potential beneficiary of The Z/Yen Group Employee Benefits Trust.

Major Shareholders

The Company is aware of the following shareholders who hold, directly or indirectly, voting rights representing 3% or more of the issued share capital of the Company:

NameNumber of Shares Held% of enlarged issued share capital
Interactive Investor Services Nominees* 7,644,66322.22%
Hargreaves Lansdown Limited* 5,105,20314.84%
Lawshare Nominees Limited* 2,724,3337.92%
HSDL Nominees Limited* 2,653,6177.71%
Barclays Direct Investing Nominees* 1,968,0115.72%
Pershing Nominees Limited* 1,952,5035.68%
Vidacos Nominees Limited* 1,895,472 5.51%
The Bank of New York Limited* 1,621,9804.71%
James Brearley Crest Nominees Limited* 1,299,9063.78%
Winterflood Client Nominees Limited* 1,270,271 3.69%
Aurora Nominees Limited* 1,168,996 3.40%

Notes:

*- as per the Company’s share register as at 5 May 2026.

+- as notified to the Company pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies.

The above table may include an element of double counting. This is because shareholdings notified pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies may be included in the nominee shareholdings in the Company’s share register. The Company is not able to determine in which nominee name those shareholdings notified pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies are held.