Great Western Mining Corp. PlcLSE: GWMO

Grant of Share Options - March 13, 2026

· Issued by Great Western Mining Corp. Plc

Great Western Mining Corporation PLC / AIM: GWMO / Euronext Growth: 8GW

13 March 2026

GREAT WESTERN MINING CORPORATION PLC

("Great Western", "GWM" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options

Great Western Mining Corporation PLC, a strategic minerals exploration and development company, announced that it has granted options over 4,000,000 ordinary shares of €0.0001 each in the capital of the Company to Ed Loye, Chief Executive Officer of Great Western.

The options have an exercise price of 1.69 pence per ordinary share and have been granted pursuant to the terms of Mr Loye's employment agreement.

The options are exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Company's share option scheme.

MAR Notification

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

EDWARD LOYE

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

b)

Initial Notification Amendment

Initial

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

GREAT WESTERN MINING CORPORATION PLC

b)

LEI

635400NZ1RTHSGDVNQ43

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument,

type of

instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF €0.0001 EACH

ISIN: IE000T78CHJ8

b)

Nature of the transaction

GRANT OF OPTIONS

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

STG 1.69 PENCE

4,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

NOT APPLICABLE

e)

Date of the transaction

12 MARCH 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

OFF MARKET

g)

Additional Information

NOT APPLICABLE

ENDS

For further information visitwww.greatwesternmining.com or contact:

Great Western Mining Corporation PLC

Brian Hall, Chairman

c/o St Brides

Max Williams, Finance Director

greatwesternmining@stbridespartners.co.uk

Davy

Nominated Adviser, Euronext Growth Adviser & Joint Broker

Brian Garrahy

+353 (0)1 679 6363

Shard Capital Partners

Joint Broker

Andrew Gutmann / Erik Woolgar

+44 (0)20 7186 9008

St Brides Partners

Financial PR

Susie Geliher / Isabel de Salis / Will Turner

greatwesternmining@stbridespartners.co.uk