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Strategic Minerals Plc announced that following a recent fundraise, Chairman Charles Manners' beneficial interest in the company's issued share capital has decreased from 4.22% to 3.73%, although his absolute holding remains at 100,000,000 ordinary shares. This change in percentage holding is due to the issuance of new shares as part of the fundraise. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n30 January 2026\nStrategic Minerals Plc\n(\"Strategic Minerals\" or the \"Company\")\n \nPDMR Holdings in the Company\n \nStrategic Minerals plc (AIM: SML; USOTC: SMCDF), an international mineral exploration and production company, announces that following the issue of shares pursuant to the Fundraise announced on 22 January 2026, Chairman Charles Manners' percentage holding in the issued share capital of the Company has reduced from 4.22% to 3.73%. Mr Manners remains beneficially interested in 100,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company, which is an unchanged number of shares from his previous announcement.\n \n \nTR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings\n \n\n\n\n\nNOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:\n\n\nSTRATEGIC MINERALS PLC\n\n\n\n\n1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an \"X\" if appropriate)\n\n\n\n\nNon-UK issuer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an \"X\")\n\n\n\n\nAn acquisition or disposal of voting rights\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn acquisition or disposal of financial instruments\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn event changing the breakdown of voting rights\n\n\nX\n\n\n\n\nOther (please specify) iii:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv\n\n\n\n\nName\n\n\nCharles Manners & Alexandra Manners\n\n\n\n\nCity and country of registered office (if applicable)\n\n\nLondon\n\n\n\n\n4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v\n\n\n\n\nName\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCity and country of registered office (if applicable)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:\n\n\n27/01/26\n\n\n\n\n6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):\n\n\n29/01/26\n\n\n\n\n7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)\n\n\n% of voting rights through financial instruments\n(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)\n\n\nTotal of both in % (8.A + 8.B)\n\n\nTotal number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii\n\n\n\n\nResulting situation on the ...