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W Resources PLC

18 December 2019

18 December 2019

W Resources Plc

("W" or the "Company")

Additional US$5m Facility Provided by Funds managed by BlackRock

La Parrilla Moves to 24h Operation

W Resources Plc (AIM:WRES), the tungsten, tin and gold mining company with assets in Spain and Portugal, is pleased to confirm that funds managed by the Global Credit Opportunities platform at BlackRock have agreed to increase the existing loan facility provided to W Resources by US$5 million, with no warrants attached. Loan documentation has been executed and funds will be fully drawn this week.

The funding has been put in place to ensure W Resources continues to provide for working capital requirements enabling the team to focus on driving the ramp-up of the La Parrilla tungsten and tin mine in Spain and the advancement of the Régua tungsten mine in Portugal.

La Parrilla has now moved to 24-hour operation of the new Concentrator Plant, producing tungsten concentrate in line with shipment specifications. Production rates are steadily increasing and will be further boosted by the move to continuous operations.

Chairman, Michael Masterman commented: "It is important for W Resources to have demonstrable funding to provide the resources for expansion. This upsizing of the BlackRock facility achieves this objective with no dilution to shareholders, enabling the team to push ahead with the production ramp-up at La Parrilla and development work at Régua as we work towards bringing our second mine on stream next year."

The additional facility and the roll up of interest (known as payment in kind or PIK) will, on drawdown, increase the total outstanding Blackrock facility to USD49.1m

Enquiries:

 
 W Resources Plc                      Grant Thornton UK LLP 
  Michael Masterman                    Colin Aaronson / Seamus Fricker 
  T: +44 (0) 20 7193 7463              T: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 
  www.wresources.com 
 Joint Broker                         Joint Broker 
  Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Ltd    Alternative Resource Capital / 
  Andy Thacker / Zoe Alexander         Shard Capital 
  T: +44 (0) 203 657 0050              Alex Wood 
  www.turnerpope.com                   T:+44 (0) 207 186 9004 
                                       www.altrescap.com 
 
                                       Damon Heath 
                                       T:+44 (0) 207 186 9952 
                                       www.shardcapital.com 
 Alma PR 
  Justine James 
  M: +44 (0) 7525 324431 
  wres@almapr.co.uk

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