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Thor Mining PLC

27 November 2017

27 November 2017

THOR MINING PLC

HOLDING(S) IN COMPANY

Thor Mining PLC ("Thor" or the "Company") (AIM, ASX: THR) announces that it has received the following TR-1 notification form from shareholder Metal Tiger plc (LON: MTR) today.

Enquiries:

 
    Mick Billing           +61 (8) 7324         Thor Mining              Executive 
                            1935                 PLC                      Chairman 
    Ray Ridge              +61 (8) 7324         Thor Mining              CFO/Company 
                            1935                 PLC                      Secretary 
    Colin Aaronson/        +44 (0) 207          Grant Thornton           Nominated 
     Daniel Bush/           383 5100             UK LLP                   Adviser 
     Richard Tonthat 
    Elliot Hance            +44 (0) 207382      Beaufort Securities      Joint Broker 
                             8300                Limited 
    Nick Emerson           +44 (0) 1483         SI Capital Ltd           Joint Broker 
     / Andy Thacker         413 500 
    Tim Blythe/            +44 (0) 207          Blytheweigh              Financial 
     Camilla Horsfall       138 3222                                      PR 
 

Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.

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) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                         Thor Mining plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------- 
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 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) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                               METAL TIGER PLC 
 City and country of registered                     107, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, EC2V 
  office (if applicable)                             6DN, ENGLAND 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date on which the threshold                     24 November 2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified                   27/11/2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                               % of voting            % of voting        Total of       Total number 
                              rights attached       rights through       both in %       of voting 
                                 to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                                 (total of            instruments                        issuer(vii) 
                                   8. A)               (total of 
                                                      8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                          2) 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached             10.003%                                      10.003%           515,851,505 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)            4.056%                                       4.056% 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
---------------------- 
                                Direct            Indirect                 Direct                  Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of          (Art 10 of              (Art 9 of               (Art 10 of 
                               Directive          Directive               Directive                Directive 
                             2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                               (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
---------------------   ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 GB00BD0NBV71            51,600,000                             10.003% 
----------------------  ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                51,600,000                                   10.003% 
----------------------  -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial       Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                 Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                                 if the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 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)) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of                Expiration              Exercise/       Physical           Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)                Conversion      or cash             of voting    rights 
  instrument                                    Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                                (xi) 
---------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
 
                                                                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                         X 
  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 entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
--------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------- 
   Name(xv)        % of voting            % of voting              Total of both 
                   rights if it          rights through             if it equals 
                   equals or is       financial instruments         or is higher 
                   higher than            if it equals           than the notifiable 
                  the notifiable          or is higher                threshold 
                    threshold          than the notifiable 
                                            threshold 
-------------  ------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
---------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
---------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
---------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 
 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 Place of completion   London 
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 Date of completion    27 November 2017 
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About Thor Mining PLC

Thor Mining PLC is a resources company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and on ASX in Australia.

Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project in the Northern Territory of Australia, for which an updated feasibility study in 2015(1) suggested attractive returns. Thor also holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated Resources Estimate(2) on 1 of the 4 known deposits.

Thor is also acquiring up to a 60% interest Australian copper development company Environmental Copper Recovery SA Pty Ltd, which in turn holds rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine in South Australia recoverable by way of in situ recovery.

Thor also holds a production royalty entitlement from the Spring Hill Gold project(3) of:

-- A$6 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for up to A$1,500 per ounce; and

-- A$14 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for amounts over A$1,500 per ounce.

Notes

   --   (1) Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 12 January 2015 
   --   (2) Refer AIM announcement of 22 May 2017 and ASX announcement of 23 May 2017 
   --   (3) Refer AIM announcement of 26 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 29 February 2016 
   --    At the date of this announcement gold is trading at approximately A$1,630/oz 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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