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W Resources PLC

20 January 2020

20 January 2020

W Resources Plc

("W" or the "Company")

Conversion of Directors' Loans

W Resources Plc (AIM:WRES), the tungsten, tin and gold mining company with assets in Spain and Portugal, announces that short term loans provided by three of W's directors, as announced on 15 November 2019, have been converted to W ordinary shares of 0.1p per share ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 0.307p per Ordinary Share as follows:

 
                      Loan value   Shares issued   Resultant holding   Percentage 
                           (GBP)                                              (%) 
 Michael Masterman    200,000.00      65,146,580       1,180,919,370        18.20 
 Byron Pirola         100,000.00      32,573,290         347,068,750         5.35 
 Jim Argalas*          42,658.48      13,895,269          13,895,269         0.21 
 
 * EUR50,000

The conversion price of 0.307p is the volume weighted average price for the week ended 10 January 2020 and represents a 5.86% premium over the closing mid-price of 0.29p on 16 January 2020.

The Directors have agreed to convert these loans as a result of conditions included in the additional facility agreement provided by funds managed by BlackRock announced on 18 December 2019, requiring the loans to be renegotiated and subordinated until 2023 or converted into equity.

With the additional facility from BlackRock and these loan conversions as a result of that agreement, the directors will not be subscribing for additional shares as referred to in the Company's announcement of 16 September 2019.

Related party transactions

The conversion of loans by directors constitute related party transactions for the purposes of AIM Rule 13. The independent directors, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Grant Thornton UK LLP, consider that the terms of the loan conversions are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Settlement and Dealings

Application will be made for the new Ordinary Shares being issued in connection with the Placing to be admitted to trading on AIM with admission expected to occur on or around 24 January 2020.

Total Voting Rights

Following admission of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 6,490,042,779 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company has no shares held in Treasury. This figure of 6,490,042,779 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The information communicated within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

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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