THAILAND UPDATE - MERIT CEREMONY

METAL TIGER PLC

18 August 2016



Metal Tiger plc

("Metal Tiger" or the "Company")

THAILAND UPDATE - MERIT CEREMONY

Metal Tiger plc (LON:MTR), the London Stock Exchange AIM listed investor in strategic natural resource opportunities, is pleased to announce the Merit ceremony has taken place to celebrate the formal opening of the Company's Metal Tiger Thailand Joint Venture head office.

Following a two month period of refurbishment work the new Joint Venture head office in Bangkok is now ready for occupation.

In line with traditional practice the commencement of the next stage of the Company's development reflected in the establishment of a new office was recognised with a formal Merit ceremony, performed by Buddhist Monks.

A photograph gallery will be made available in due course on the Company's website. In the interim selected images will be available on the home page of the Company's website and the Company Twitter feed.

Investors wishing to learn more about the Merit ceremony can see further information through the following link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_(Buddhism)

For further information on the Company, visit: www.metaltigerplc.com or Twitter @metaltigerplc

Notes to Editors:

Metal Tiger plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM Market ("AIM") with the trading code MTR and invests in high potential mineral projects with a precious and strategic metals focus.

The Company's target is to deliver a very high return for shareholders by investing in significantly undervalued and/or high potential opportunities in the mineral exploration and development sector timed to coincide, where possible, with a cyclical recovery in the exploration and mining markets. The Company's key strategic objective is to ensure the distribution to shareholders of major returns achieved from disposals.

Metal Tiger's Metal Projects Division is focused on the development of its key project interests in Botswana, Spain and Thailand. In Botswana Metal Tiger has a growing interest in the large and highly prospective Kalahari copper/silver belt. In Spain Metal Tiger the Company has tungsten and gold interests in the highly mineralised Extremadura region. In Thailand Metal Tiger has expanding interests over licences, applications and critical historical data covering antimony, copper, gold, silver, lead and zinc opportunities.

The Company has access to a diverse pipeline of new opportunities focused on the natural resource sector including physical resource projects, new natural resource centred technologies and resource sector related fintech opportunities. Pipeline projects deemed commercially viable may be undertaken by Metal Tiger or by an ISDX or AIM partner with whom the Company is engaged.

Metal Tiger also has an Asset Trading Division that holds various financial instruments for trading purposes including equities, warrants and royalty income. The aim of the division is to generate profits to reinvest into the Company's project based activities.