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

Release Date: 02/07/2025 11:45
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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Pan African Resources PLC                             Pan African Resources Funding Company
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales     Limited
under Companies Act 1985 with registered              Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)                   with limited liability
Share code on AIM: PAF                                Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on JSE: PAN                                Alpha code: PARI
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR 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 existing shares to which voting rights are at-               PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
tachedii:
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                                                     Van Eck Associates Corporation

City and country of registered office (if applicable)    New York, NY USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
                                                         ESB Pension Fund GDX
                                                         VanEck Gold Miners ETF
                                                         VanEck Gold Miners ETF (AU)
Name
                                                         VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF
                                                         VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
                                                         VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
                                                         30/06/2025
reachedvi:

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):           01/07/2025

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

                                                                                                      
                                                         % of voting rights                                Total number of                       
                          % of voting rights at-      through financial instru-       Total of both in %    voting rights held                        
                           tached to shares (to-                 ments                   (8.A + 8.B)        in issuer (8.A +                               
                                tal of 8. A)             (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)                             8.B) vii
Resulting situation
on the date on which
threshold was
                                6.0017%                                                  6.0017%                 121,793,623
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if                5.9998%                                                  5.9998%
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
ISIN code (if possible)             Direct                 Indirect                      Direct                   Indirect
                              (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive          (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive
                           2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)         2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)         2004/109/EC)
                                                           (DTR5.2.1)                                             (DTR5.2.1)
Common Stock
                                  121,793,623                                          6.0017%
GB0004300496


SUBTOTAL 8. A                                121,793,623                                            6.0017%



B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

                                                                              Number of voting rights
Type of financial in-      Expiration        Exercise/                        that may be acquired if                                                                                                           
strument                   datex             Conversion Periodxi              the instrument is               % of voting rights
                                                                              exercised/converted.




                                             SUBTOTAL 8. B 1



B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
                                             
                                             Exercise/            Physical or          
Type of financial      Expiration            Conversion Pe-       cash                  Number of        % of voting rights
instrument             datex                 riod xi              settlementxii         voting rights
                                             


                                                                                                                            
                                                               SUBTOTAL
                                                               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 (underlying) issuer xiii

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       X
(please add additional rows as necessary)
                                                                   % of voting rights
                                 % of voting rights if it                                           Total of both if it
                                                                 through financial in-
                                  equals or is higher                                              equals or is higher
          Namexv                                                 struments if it equals
                                  than the notifiable                                              than the notifiable
                                                                 or is higher than the
                                       threshold                                                       threshold
                                                                  notifiable threshold

ESB Pension Fund GDX                      0.029%                                                          0.029%

VanEck Gold Miners                        3.049%                                                          3.049%
ETF
VanEck Gold Miners                        0.104%                                                          0.104%
ETF (AU)
VanEck Gold Miners                        0.350%                                                          0.350%
UCITS ETF
VanEck Junior Gold                        2.177%                                                          2.177%
Miners ETF
VanEck Junior Gold                        0.293%                                                          0.293%
Miners UCITS ETF



10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder                                        Glass Lewis

The number and % of voting rights held                          121,793,623 shares and 6.0017% voting rights

The date until which the voting rights will be held             Open



11. Additional informationxvi


Place of completion          Tampa, FL. USA

Date of completion           01 July 2025

                                                                                                                      
Rosebank
2 July 2025

For further information on Pan African Resources, please visit the Company's website at
www.panafricanresources.com

 Corporate information
 Corporate Office                                    Registered Office
 The Firs Building                                   107 Cheapside, 2nd Floor
 2nd Floor, Office 204                               London, EC2V 6DN
 Corner Cradock and Biermann Avenues                 United Kingdom
 Rosebank, Johannesburg                              Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706
 South Africa                                        jane.kirton@corpserv.co.uk
 Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
 info@paf.co.za
 
 Chief Executive Officer                             Financial Director and debt officer
 Cobus Loots                                         Marileen Kok
 Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900                         Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
 Head: Investor Relations                            Website: www.panafricanresources.com

 Hethen Hira
 Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
 E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za
 
 Company Secretary                                   Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
 Jane Kirton                                         Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant
 St James's Corporate Services Limited               Peel Hunt LLP
 Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706                        Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900
 
 JSE Sponsor & JSE Debt Sponsor                      Joint Broker
 Ciska Kloppers                                      Thomas Rider/Nick Macann
 Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary              BMO Capital Markets Limited
 Limited                                             Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010
 Office: + 27 (0) 63 482 3802
                                                     Joint Broker
                                                     Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee
                                                     Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG
                                                     (Berenberg)
                                                     Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800




                                                                                            

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