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JUBILEE METALS GROUP PLC - COVID-19 Update

Release Date: 24/03/2020 13:30
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COVID-19 Update

Jubilee Metals Group PLC
Registration number (4459850)
AltX share code: JBL
AIM share code: JLP
ISIN: GB0031852162
("Jubilee" or "the Company")




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On the 23rd of March at 7:30 pm South African time the President of South Africa, Cyril
Ramaphosa, announced a 21 day nationwide lockdown to combat the potential rapid rise
COVID-19 infection rate.

The key elements of the lockdown is that from midnight Thursday the 26th of March 2020,
people will not be allowed to leave their homes except to buy food, medical supplies, collect
social grants or seek medical attention.

The effect of the lockdown is that most businesses will be forced to close during the period
and only essential services will remain open and as such Jubilee will be forced to put its
South African operations under care and maintenance for the 21 day period.

The board has in anticipation of the lockdown decision put in place, at all of Jubilee’s
relevant operations, measures to identify high risk situations and personnel. At the time of
the lockdown announcement the company had no reported cases of COVID-19.
Management, since the beginning of March, has been proactive in minimising cost and
maximising production, with all senior management, irrespective of designation, being
assigned to operations to pursue the aforementioned objectives.

During the lockdown period, security staff will maintain their duties and vigilance. Process
components will be prepared for orderly shutdown with in-process stocks available for a
seamless restart.

During the period prior to lockdown, saleable stocks will be liquidated including current
work in progress.

Jubilee has taken measures to minimise the negative financial effects on its operations and
where possible cushion the effect on our loyal and dedicated employees. The business is
able to withstand this disruption based on its strong liquidity and robust business model.

We applaud the pro-active decision by the President and are confident that the operational
interruption will be contained and we look forward to resume business as normal to the
benefit of all our stakeholders.
We will of course, continue to monitor the situation and put in place further measures
should the lockdown period be extended or the situation for whatever reason materially
changes.

At the time of writing this statement our operations in Zambia remain unaffected by the
COVID-19 virus. We wish South Africa, all our employees and associates a speedy resolution
to this unexpected social and economic challenge.

United Kingdom

24 March 2020

                                        **ENDS**

For further information visit www.jubileemetalsgroup.com or contact:

Jubilee Metals Group PLC
Colin Bird/Leon Coetzer
Tel +44 (0) 20 7584 2155 / Tel +27 (0) 11 465 1913

Nominated Adviser - SPARK Advisory Partners Limited
Andrew Emmott/James Keeshan
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3368 3555

Broker - Shard Capital Partners LLP
Damon Heath/Erik Woolgar
Tel +44 (0) 20 7186 9900

Joint Broker – WHIreland
Harry Ansell/Katy Mitchell
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 1670/+44 (0) 113 394 6618

JSE Sponsor - Sasfin Capital (a member of the Sasfin group)
Sharon Owens
Tel +27 (0) 11 809 7500

PR & IR Adviser - St Brides Partners Limited
Catherine Leftley/Juliet Earl
Tel +44 (0) 20 7236 1177

Date: 24-03-2020 01:30:00
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