Holding(s) in Company

For immediate release 6 March 2017

Xtract Resources Plc

Holdings in Company

The Board of Xtract announces that the Company has received the following TR-1 notification which is set out below without amendment.

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Xtract Resources Plc 

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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):

 Conversion of Portion of Convertible Loan Note

X 

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

Auroch Minerals Limited 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

2 March 2017 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

6 March 2017 

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

7.00 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares of 0.01p

ISIN:GB00B06QGC57

0

0

1,589,623,629

1,589,623,629

0

1,589,623,629

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

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

1,589,623,629

7.38% 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name: MATTHEW FOY

15. Contact telephone number: +61 8 9486 4036

Xtract Resources Plc

Colin Bird, Executive Chairman

+44 (0)20 3416 6471

Beaumont Cornish

Michael Cornish

Felicity Geidt

+44 (0)207628 3369

Email: [email protected]

Beaufort Securities

Jon Belliss

+44 (0)207 382 8300