TIDMCMCL

RNS Number : 7768D

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC

07 March 2022

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

Notification of relevant change to significant shareholder

(NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL)

St Helier, March 7, 2022: Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc ("Caledonia" or the "Company") announces that it received notification on March 4, 2022 from Van Eck Associates Corporation, which is a "significant shareholder" of the Company as defined by the AIM Rules for Companies, that it has changed its interest in the Company and on March 3, 2022 crossed a particular threshold for notification of its holdings in the Company. A copy of the notification is below.

Enquiries:

 
 Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc 
  Mark Learmonth                        Tel: +44 1534 679 802 
  Camilla Horsfall                      Tel: +44 7817 841793 
 WH Ireland 
  Adrian Hadden/ Andrew De Andrade      Tel: +44 20 7220 1751 
 BlytheRay Financial PR 
  Tim Blythe/Megan Ray                  Tel: +44 207 138 3204 
 3PPB 
  Patrick Chidley                       Tel: +1 917 991 7701 
  Paul Durham                           Tel: +1 203 940 2538 
 Curate Public Relations (Zimbabwe) 
  Debra Tatenda                         Tel: +263 77802131 
 

Note: The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR") as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

TR-1: S tandard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and 
  to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) (i) 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                     Caledonia Mining Corp PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached 
  (ii) : 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
 Non-UK issuer                                                                                          X 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                            X 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
                                                                                                      ---- 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv) 
 Name                                                                Van Eck Associates Corporation 
 City and country of registered office                                      New York, NY USA 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (v) 
 Name                                                         VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF 
                                                               VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 City and country of registered office 
  (if applicable) 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date on which the threshold was                           03/03/2022 
  crossed or reached (vi) : 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):               04/03/2022 
                                                             --------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
                              % of voting       % of voting rights     Total of both   Total number 
                            rights attached      through financial      in % (8.A +     of voting rights 
                            to shares (total        instruments             8.B)        of issuer (vii) 
                                of 8. A)           (total of 8.B 
                                                     1 + 8.B 2) 
                          ------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                    4.008%                                    4.008%             514,346 
                          ------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                   508,200                                   3.9838% 
                          ------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which 
  the threshold was crossed or reached (viii) 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type of      Number of voting rights                             % of voting rights 
  shares             (ix) 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
                           Direct                   Indirect                     Direct                  Indirect 
                     (Art 9 of Directive       (Art 10 of Directive        (Art 9 of Directive     (Art 10 of Directive 
                         2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)        2004/109/EC) 
                           (DTR5.1)                 (DTR5.2.1)                                          (DTR5.2.1) 
                                           -------------------------- 
 JE00BF0XVB15       514,346                                             4.008% 
                   ----------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL 8. A                           514,346                                            4.008% 
                   --------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 Type of            Expiration   Exercise/                       Number of voting                  % of voting 
  financial          date         Conversion Period               rights that may                   rights 
  instrument         (x)          (xi)                            be acquired if 
                                                                  the instrument 
                                                                  is 
                                                                  exercised/converted. 
                   -----------  ------------------------------  --------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
                                 SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 
                                ------------------------------  --------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
 Type of       Expiration        Exercise/             Physical or           Number of             % of voting 
  financial     date (x)          Conversion            cash                  voting rights         rights 
  instrument                      Period (xi)           settlement 
                                                        (xii) 
              ----------------  --------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
                                                       SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
                                                      --------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled 
  by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the 
  (underlying) issuer (xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity (xiv) (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
      Name (xv)         % of voting rights      % of voting rights       Total of both if 
                          if it equals or        through financial        it equals or is 
                         is higher than the      instruments if it        higher than the 
                        notifiable threshold    equals or is higher     notifiable threshold 
                                                than the notifiable 
                                                     threshold 
                      ----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 VanEck Junior Gold 
  Miners ETF           3.64%                                          3.64% 
                      ----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 VanEck Junior Gold 
  Miners UCITS ETF     0.368%                                         0.368% 
                      ----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 
 
 
 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 Name of the proxy holder                      Glass Lewis 
                                              ----------------------------------------------- 
 The number and % of voting rights             514,346 shares and 4.008% voting right 
  held 
                                              ----------------------------------------------- 
 The date until which the voting rights        Open 
  will be held 
                                              ----------------------------------------------- 
 
 11. Additional information (xvi) 
 
 
 
 
 Place of completion   Tampa, FL 
 Date of completion    4 March 2022 
                      ------------- 
 

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