CAML on-market purchase and offer price increase

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20 June 2025

Central Asia Metals PLC

(the 'Group', the 'Company' or 'CAML')

CAML on-market purchase and offer price increase

Central Asia Metals Plc (AIM: CAML) refers to the proposed acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of New World Resources Limited (ASX: NWC) ('NWR'), by way of an Australian Scheme of Arrangement announced on 21 May 2025 (and as revised on 20 June 2025) (the 'Scheme') and an off-market takeover bid under Chapter 6 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) that will be run in parallel with, but not in substitution to, the Scheme (the 'Takeover Offer'), as announced on 20 June 2025.

Following market close today, CAML notified NWR that it had bought on market today a total of 178,800,056 NWR shares, representing approximately 5% of the issued capital of NWR, at A$0.055 per NWR share. CAML has also advised NWR that it proposes an increase to the cash consideration under both the Scheme and Takeover Offer from A$0.053 to A$0.055 per NWR share.

A separate Deed of Variation to the Scheme Implementation Deed between CAML and NWR is intended to be executed to formalise the price increase, and CAML will make a further release at that time.

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Advisers and counsel

BMO Capital Markets is acting as lead financial adviser, Mayer Brown is acting as UK and US legal adviser, and Clayton Utz is acting as Australian legal adviser to CAML.

About CAML

Central Asia Metals Plc is a UK incorporated base metals producer, headquartered in London. The company has been admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange since its IPO in 2010. Today the Company has a market capitalisation of approximately US$380 million and base metal operations in Europe and Central Asia. The Board of Directors of CAML is composed of UK-based senior level executives, bringing a mix of international mining experience, capital markets experience and environmental, social and governance experience. CAML is well supported by tier-one UK and US institutional shareholders with the top three owners made up of Fidelity International, JO Hambro and BlackRock (between them accounting for approximately 24% of the Company's share register).

CAML owns 100% of the Sasa underground zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia, Europe, and 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan. CAML also owns an 80% interest in CAML Exploration, a subsidiary formed to progress early-stage exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan, and a 28.4% interest in Aberdeen Minerals Ltd, a privately-owned UK company focused on the exploration and development of base metals opportunities in northeast Scotland.

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of CAML is Richard Morgan, Investor Relations Manager.

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