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Issue of Shares and Director/PDMR Shareholdings
Great Southern Copper PLC announced the issuance of new ordinary shares to its Chairman, Charles Bond, and Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Garrett. Charles Bond received 378,193 new ordinary shares valued at £11,216 in lieu of salary for the period April 1 to September 30, 2025, increasing his holding to 7,759,663 shares, representing 1.12% of the enlarged share capital. Samuel Garrett was issued 800,000 new ordinary shares valued at £20,000 as partial payment of his 2025 bonus, bringing his total holding to 13,747,168 shares, or 1.99% of the enlarged share capital. Application has been made for these 1,178,193 new shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange on December 17, 2025, at which point the total issued share capital will be 689,917,948 shares. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.\n \n12 December 2025\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc\n(\"GSC\" or the \"Company\")\n \nIssue of Shares and Director/PDMR Shareholdings\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on copper-gold-silver exploration in Chile, announces that it has issued new ordinary shares of 1p each (\"New Ordinary Shares\") to Charles Bond, Chairman of Great Southern Copper, in accordance with the terms of Mr. Bond's letter of appointment whereby it was agreed his salary will be paid quarterly in ordinary shares; and the issuance of shares to Samuel Garrett, Chief Executive Office, in lieu of the partial payment of the 2025 bonus.\n \nThe New Ordinary Shares represent the share compensation due from 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025 to Mr Bond. A total of 378,193 New Ordinary Shares will be issued; and 800,000 New Ordinary Shares to Mr Garrett. The details of the issuance are set out below:\n \n\n\n\n\nPeriod/Shareholder\n\n\nValue of share issuance GBP£\n\n\nNumber of new ordinary shares issued\n\n\nNumber of new ordinary shares held following the issuance\n\n\nPercentage of the enlarged ordinary share capital\n\n\n\n\nCharles Bond\n1/04/2025 - 30/06/2025\n \n1/07/2025 - 30/09/2025\n \n \nSamuel Garrett\n \n \n\n\n \n£5,891\n \n£5,325\n \n \n£20,000\n\n\n \n159,935\n \n218,258\n \n \n800,000\n\n\n \n \n \n7,759,663\n \n \n13,747,168\n\n\n \n \n \n1.12%\n \n \n1.99%\n\n\n\n\n \nAdmission and Total Voting Rights\nApplication will be made for the 1,178,193 New Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares in the Company, to be admitted to the Standard List segment of Official List and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange plc, which is expected to occur on or around 8.00 a.m. on 17 December 2025 (\"Admission\").\n \nThe total number of issued shares and the tot...