Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Hochschild Mining PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Van Eck Associates Corporation

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):iv

VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

8 February 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9 February 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

5%

  8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect

xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1FW5029

24,986,641

24,968,641

25,505,678

25,505,678

5.03%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration

date xiii

Exercise/

Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting

rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting

rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise

price

Expiration

date xvii

Exercise/

Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix,

xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

25,505,678

5.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Van Eck Associates Corporation serves as an investment adviser to the following funds: VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF - 4.97%

VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCTIS ETF - 0.06%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Glass Lewis

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Van Eck Associates Corporation 13F File

Number: 028-02783

14. Contact name:

Andrew Tilzer

15. Contact telephone number:

+1 (813) 964-3645