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20 August 2018

Metal Tiger plc

("Metal Tiger" or the "Company")

Kalahari Metals Limited - Earn-In and Exploration Update

Metal Tiger (LON:MTR), the London Stock Exchange AIM listed investor in strategic natural resource opportunities, is pleased to provide an update regarding Kalahari Metals Limited ("KML") exploration progress. KML has entered into an exclusivity period with Resource Exploration and Development Limited ("RED") to undertake due diligence with a view to acquiring an additional 5 licenses in Botswana. The licenses include 4,661 km2 of recently granted permits strategically located in the Kalahari Copper Belt. The prospective land package provides an excellent opportunity for KML to expand its current land position in the emerging Kalahari Copperbelt. This will strengthen KML's position on the Copperbelt adding to its existing interests in seven highly prospective exploration licences covering a total of 4,063km2. Under the investment agreement announced on 6 June 2018, Metal Tiger has the right to acquire up to 50% of KML giving Metal Tiger further exposure to a significant area of largely unexplored ground, adjacent to significant recent discoveries in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt.

Exploration update

KML holds interests in seven exploration licences; two 100% owned exploration licences; and five exploration licences subject to a binding earn-in agreement with Triprop Holdings (Pty) Limited ("Triprop"). At two of KML's target copper projects, the Okavango Copper Project and Ngami Copper Project ("Okavango" and "Ngami"), magnetic and first phase electromagnetic airborne surveys have been completed.

Highlights Include:

 
 
    -- Airborne high resolution magnetic and electromagnetic ("AEM") surveys 

(announced 10 July 2018), have now been completed over the prospective

Okavango Project (Eastern Block) and Ngami Copper Project (Western

Block) concessions.

 
    -- Total of 16,700 km2 of high-resolution magnetic data were 

collected over priority areas identified at Okavango.

 
    -- KML anticipates final processed survey results by the end of August 

2018.

 
    -- Processed survey data will help target the mineralised redox contact 

at the base of the D'Kar Group as well as identifying favourable

regional structures and anticlines which have the potential to host

mineralisation in analogous settings to the Mod Resources T3 Deposit.

 
    -- High-resolution magnetic data provides an essential base map for 

exploration under sand cover and has been used successfully by recent

explorers elsewhere in the Kalahari Copperbelt.

 
    -- The first phase of AEM surveys have been designed to provide regional 

structural information and the follow-up programme will include higher

resolution AEM surveys targeting areas of interest identified in the

current phase of work.

 
    -- Results from the AEM will be used to provide priority areas for 

follow-on drill testing.

Michael McNeilly, Chief Executive Office of Metal Tiger plc, commented:

"Metal Tiger has significant interest in the Kalahari Copperbelt through its interests with MOD and KML and these early indications from KML are encouraging. Work continues a pace and we look forward to receiving the processed first phase survey results and following on with the interpretation and prioritising of drill targets."

For further information on the Company, visit: www.metaltigerplc.com:

 
Michael McNeilly                Chief Executive Officer                 Tel: +44 (0)20 7099 0738 
                                (Metal Tiger plc) 
Mark Potter                     Chief Investment Officer                Tel: +44 (0)20 7099 0738 
                                (Metal Tiger plc) 
Stephen AllenBhavesh Patel      RFC Ambrian Ltd(Nominated Adviser)      Tel: +44 (0)20 3440 6800 
Charlie Cryer                   RFC Ambrian Ltd(Joint Broker)           Tel: +44 (0)20 3440 6800 
Nick Emerson                    SI Capital(Joint Broker)                Tel: +44 (0)1483 413 500 
Gordon Poole                    Camarco(Financial PR)                   Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4980 
James Crothers 
 
 

Notes to Editors:

Metal Tiger plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM Market ("AIM") with the trading code MTR and invests in high potential mineral projects with a precious and strategic metals focus.

The Company's target is to deliver a very high return for shareholders by investing in significantly undervalued and/or high potential opportunities in the mineral exploration and development sector timed to coincide, where possible, with a cyclical recovery in the exploration and mining markets. The Company's key strategic objective is to ensure the distribution to shareholders of major returns achieved from disposals.

Metal Tiger's Metal Projects Division is focused on the development of its key project interests in Botswana, Spain and Thailand. In Botswana, Metal Tiger has a growing interest in the large and highly prospective Kalahari copper/silver belt. In Spain, the Company has tungsten and gold interests in the highly-mineralised Extremadura region. In Thailand, Metal Tiger has interests in two potentially near-production stage silver/lead/zinc mines as well as licences, applications and critical historical data covering antimony, copper, gold, silver, lead and zinc opportunities.

The Company has access to a diverse pipeline of new opportunities focused on the natural resource sector including physical resource projects, new natural resource centred technologies and resource sector related fintech opportunities. Pipeline projects deemed commercially viable may be undertaken by Metal Tiger or by an AIM or NEX Exchange (formerly ISDX) partner with whom the Company is engaged.

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