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April 2022

First Quarter Production

First Quarter Production

19th  April 2022

 

Griffin Mining Limited (“Griffin” or the “Company”) hereby announces the production results for the three months to 31st March 2022.

    3 months to 31stMarch 2022 3 months to 31stMarch 2021
Ore mined Tonnes 17,975 185,520
Ore processed Tonnes 8,649 200,209
Zinc in concentrate produced Tonnes 268 8,231
Gold in concentrate produced Ozs 1,474 3,504
Silver in concentrate produced Ozs 168 63,607
Lead in concentrate produced Tonnes 7 234
Average zinc price received per tonne USD 2,161
Average gold price received per oz USD 1,645
Average silver price received per oz USD 20.0
Average lead price received per tonne USD 1,591

 

Overview

As announced on the 18th March 2022, following the enforced suspension of all operations at the Caijiaying Mine for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday celebrations, the Winter Olympics and the subsequent Winter Paralympics, mining recommenced on the 23rd March and processing on the 25th March 2022.

Since the recommencement of operations, mining and processing rates have steadily increased. Despite Covid-19 restrictions remaining in force throughout China, operational supplies and services continue to be delivered to the Caijiaying Mine. Since the end of the first quarter of 2022, 4,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate have already been sold.

 

About Griffin Mining Limited  

Griffin Mining Limited’s shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM). Griffin Mining Limited owns and operates through its 88.8% owned Joint Venture in China  the Caijiaying Zinc Gold Mine, a profitable mine producing zinc, gold, silver, and lead metals in concentrates. For more information, please visit the Company’s website griffinmining.com.

 

Further information

Griffin Mining Limited                    Telephone: +44(0)20 7629 7772

Mladen Ninkov – Chairman

Roger Goodwin – Finance Director

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited                    Telephone: +44 (0)20 7886 2500

John Prior

Ailisa MacMaster

Berenberg                     Telephone: +44(0)20 3207 7800

Matthew Armitt

Jennifer Wyllie

Deltir Elezi

BlytheRay                            Telephone: +44(0)20 7138 3205

Tim Blythe

Swiss Resource Capital AG                      Telephone: +41 (0)71 354 8501

Jochen Staiger

 

Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting

 11th APRIL 2022

 

Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Griffin Mining Ltd (“the Company”) to be held at Level 9, BGC Centre, 28 The Esplanade, Perth. WA 6000, West Australia on Thursday 5th May 2022 at 4.00 pm local time (9.00 am BST), has been sent to shareholders and is available, on the Company’s web site www.griffinmining.com.

 

Further information

About Griffin Mining Limited

 Griffin Mining Limited’s shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM). Griffin Mining Limited owns and operates in China, through its 88.8% owned Joint Venture stock company, the Caijiaying Zinc Gold Mine, a profitable mine producing zinc, gold, silver, and lead metals in concentrates. For more information, please visit the Company’s website www.griffinmining.com.

 

Griffin Mining Limited                  Telephone: +44(0)20 7629 7772

Mladen Ninkov – Chairman

Roger Goodwin – Finance Director

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited                  Telephone: +44 (0)20 7886 2500

John Prior

Ailisa MacMaster

Berenberg                Telephone: +44(0)20 3207 7800

Matthew Armitt

Jennifer Wyllie

Deltir Elezi

BlytheRay               Telephone: +44(0)20 7138 3205

Tim Blythe

Swiss Resource Capital AG               Telephone: +41 (0)71 354 8501

Jochen Staiger

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the thirty fourth Annual General Meeting of Griffin Mining Limited will be held at Level 9, BGC Centre, 28 The Esplanade, Perth. WA 6000, West Australia on Thursday 5th May 2022 at 4.00 pm local time (9.00 am BST) for the following purposes:

 

  1. To receive the Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2020 together with the Directors and Auditors Reports thereon.
  2. To determine the maximum number of Directors at seven for the forthcoming year and determine that any unfilled vacancies be deemed casual vacancies for the purposes of the Company’s bye-laws.
  3. To re-elect Mladen Ninkov as a director of the Company.
  4. To re-elect Roger Goodwin as a director of the Company.
  5. To elect Dean Moore as a director of the Company.
  6. To elect Linda Naylor as a director of the Company.
  7. To re-elect Adam Usdan as a director of the Company.
  8. To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director of the Company.
  9. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.

 

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

Roger Goodwin,

Finance Director and Company Secretary.

Dated: 8th April 2022.

Annual general meeting

Annual General Meeting

Proposed Change of Directors

 Extension of Share Purchase Options

1st April 2022

 

Annual General Meeting

Griffin Mining Limited (“the Company”) announces that the 2021 Annual General Meeting (”AGM”), delayed by the impact of Covid 19, will be held at Level 9, BGC Centre, 28 The Esplanade, Perth, West Australia on Thursday 5th May 2022 at 4.00 pm local time (9.00 am GMT). Formal notice of the meeting will be sent to shareholders shortly.

Change of Directors

Dal Brynelsen

Mr Dal Brynelsen has requested that he be allowed to retire as a director of the Company and he will not seek re-election at the AGM. As a long serving, founding director of the Company, Mr Brynelsen has been instrumental in the drive, political and technical issues which have found, developed and operated the Caijiaying Mine and propelled the success of the Company. With his reputation unmatched, he remains a giant of the mining industry and his presence and enthusiasm at the holding company level cannot be replaced.

As such, the Company is delighted to confirm that Mr Brynelsen has acquiesced to remain a director of the Company’s operating subsidiary in China, Hebei Hua Ao Mining Industry Company Limited, so the Company can continue to benefit from his mining expertise and his wealth of knowledge on operations, logistics and local issues in China.

New Directors

At the forthcoming AGM it has been proposed by the Company’s major shareholders, holding over 50% of the outstanding shares in the Company, that Ms Linda Naylor and Mr Dean Moore be elected Independent Non- Executive Directors of the Company.

Ms Naylor is a graduate of the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.  A former partner in Grant Thornton UK LLP, her experience has been gained over more than twenty years working as a Nominated Adviser in the Capital Markets team and as an Audit Partner specialising in the natural resource sector.  She was Chair of the Audit Committee whilst a Governor of Portsmouth University. As Finance Director of AIM listed Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited from 2009 to 2018, she worked as part of a small executive team. Her responsibilities encompassed financial reporting, investor relations and fund raising as that company transitioned from gold explorer to developer in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Mr Dean Moore is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales with extensive public company experience having previously been Chief Financial Officer at Cineworld Group plc, N Brown Group plc, T&S Stores plc and Graham Group plc and formerly non-executive Chairman of Tuxedo Money Solutions Limited. He is currently a Director and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Dignity plc and an independent non-executive director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee at Cineworld Group plc and Audit Committee Chairman and Senior Independent Director of Volex plc.

 

Extension of Share Purchase Options.

With the unanimous agreement of all the issued option holders, the exercise periods of share purchase options have been extended from 31st December 2022 to the 31st December 2023, over:

  1. 4,558,333 new ordinary shares, all of which have vested, exercisable at 40 pence per new ordinary share; and
  2. 15,667,200 new ordinary shares, all of which have vested, exercisable at 30 pence per new ordinary share.

This recognises the impact and delays in the development of the Company’s assets caused by the Covid 19 pandemic and will prevent the need, in the short-term, for the majority of the option holders, once exercising their options, to sell a significant portion of the resulting shares to meet the associated subscription costs and personal income tax liabilities imposed on such exercise.

Within the above, the following persons discharging management responsibility have agreed to the extension of options in which they have an interest.

Name Number of options exercisable at 40 pence per new ordinary share.

All vested

Number of options exercisable at 30 pence per new ordinary share.  All vested
Roger Goodwin – Finance director 500,000 1,500,000
Dal Brynelsen – Director 900,000

 

About Griffin Mining Limited 

Griffin Mining Limited’s shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM). Griffin Mining Limited owns and operates in China, through its 88.8% owned Joint Venture stock company, the Caijiaying Zinc Gold Mine, a profitable mine producing zinc, gold, silver, and lead metals in concentrates. For more information, please visit the Company’s website www.griffinmining.com.

 

Further information

 Griffin Mining Limited                          Telephone: +44(0)20 7629 7772

Mladen Ninkov – Chairman

Roger Goodwin – Finance Director

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited                                 Telephone: +44 (0)20 7886 2500

John Prior

Ailisa MacMaster

Berenberg                              Telephone: +44(0)20 3207 7800

Matthew Armitt

Jennifer Wyllie

Deltir Elezi

BlytheRay                            Telephone: +44(0)20 7138 3205

Tim Blythe

Swiss Resource Capital AG                       Telephone: +41(0)71 354 8501

Jochen Staiger