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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC - TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Pan African Resources PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales
under Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF
Share code on JSE: PAN
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR ticker code: PAFRY
(Pan African or the Company or the Group)

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word
format if possible)i


1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
                                                                      Pan African Resources plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                       X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name                                                     Ruffer LLP
City and country of registered office (if applicable)    London, United Kingdom

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
                                                         9 October 2020
reachedvi:

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):           13 October 2020

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                                                  % of voting rights
                           % of voting rights     through financial                              Total number of
                                                                           Total of both in %
                          attached to shares         instruments                                 voting rights of
                                                                              (8.A + 8.B)
                             (total of 8. A)     (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B                           issuervii
                                                           2)
  Resulting situation
  on the date on
  which threshold        Less than 5%            0%                      Less than 5%            2,234,687,537
  was crossed or
  reached
  Position of
  previous
                         5%                      N/A                     5%
  notification (if
  applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of           Number of voting rightsix                  % of voting rights
shares                        Direct              Indirect                Direct                   Indirect
ISIN code (if           (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of         (Art 9 of Directive           (Art 10 of
possible)                 2004/109/EC)            Directive           2004/109/EC)                Directive
                             (DTR5.1)         2004/109/EC)               (DTR5.1)               2004/109/EC)
                                                (DTR5.2.1)                                       (DTR5.2.1)
GB0004300496            111,650,179          0                     Less than 5%             0%

SUBTOTAL 8. A                         111,650,179                                  Less than 5%



B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
                                                                Number of voting
                                                                rights that may be
Type of financial       Expiration Exercise/
                                                                acquired if the             % of voting rights
instrument              datex      Conversion Periodxi
                                                                instrument is
                                                                exercised/converted.
N/A                     N/A           N/A                       N/A                         N/A

                                      SUBTOTAL 8. B 1           N/A                         N/A
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of                            Exercise/         Physical or
                    Expiration                                         Number of
financial               x          Conversion        cash                                % of voting rights
                    date                   xi                    xii   voting rights
instrument                         Period            settlement
       N/A                N/A             N/A              N/A              N/A                 N/A

                                                        SUBTOTAL                                  N/A
                                                                               N/A
                                                        8.B.2



9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an “X”)

  Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the             X
  (underlying) issuerxiii
  Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or
  legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)
                                                               % of voting rights
                                 % of voting rights if it      through financial       Total of both if it equals
            Name    xv          equals or is higher than instruments if it equals        or is higher than the
                                the notifiable threshold     or is higher than the       notifiable threshold
                                                             notifiable threshold
  N/A                         N/A                         N/A                          N/A



10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

  Name of the proxy holder                                N/A

  The number and % of voting rights held                  N/A

  The date until which the voting rights will be held     N/A



11. Additional informationxvi

Ruffer LLP now controls the voting rights over 111,650,179 shares (less than 5% of the voting rights) of Pan
African Resources plc which are held by the discretionary clients of Ruffer LLP and its subsidiaries (the
voting of which is all controlled by Ruffer LLP).
This change from 5% to less than 5% is due to a sale of 773,612 shares by Ruffer LLP on 9 October 2020.

 Place of completion     Ruffer LLP
 Date of completion      13/10/2020

Rosebank
13 October 2020


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