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Pan African Resources Plc
Pan African Resources Plc - Holding(s) in Company
25th September 2024, 07:00
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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF
MAJOR HOLDINGS
(to
be sent to the
relevant issuer
and
to the FCA in
Microsoft Word
format
if possible)i

1a. Identity of                  PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES
the issuer or the                PLC
underlying issuer
of existing
shares
to which voting
rights are
attachedii:
1b. Please
indicate if the
issuer is
a non-UK issuer
(please mark with
an
"X" if
appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the
notification
(please mark the
appropriate box
or
boxes with an
"X")
An acquisition or                                            X
disposal of
voting
rights
An acquisition or
disposal of
financial
instruments
An event changing
the breakdown of
voting rights
Other (please
specify)iii:
3. Details of
person subject to
the
notification
obligationiv
Name                             Van Eck Associates
                                 Corporation
City and country                 New York, NY USA
of registered
office (if
applicable)
4. Full name of
shareholder(s)
(if
different from
3.)v
Name                             ESB Pension Fund GDX

                                 VanEck Gold Miners ETF

                                 VanEck Gold Miners ETF
                                 (AU)

                                 VanEck Gold Miners
                                 UCITS ETF
City and country
of registered
office (if
applicable)
5. Date on which                 20/09/2024
the threshold was
crossed or
reachedvi:
6. Date on which
issuer notified
(DD/MM/YYYY):
7. Total
positions of
person(s)
subject to the
notification
obligation
                  % of voting  % of voting  Total of both  Total
                  rights       rights       in % (8.A +    number of
                  attached to  through      8.B)           voting
                  shares       financial                   rights held
                  (total       instruments                 in issuer
                  of 8. A)     (total of                   (8.A + 8.B)
                               8.B 1 + 8.B                 vii
                               2)
Resulting         5.901%                    5.901%         113,098,953
situation on the
date on
which threshold
was crossed or
reached
Position of       N/A
previous
notification
(if

applicable)

8. Notified
details of the
resulting
situation on
the date on
which the
threshold was
crossed or
reachedviii
A: Voting
rights
attached to
shares
Class/type of  Number of                             % of voting rights
shares         voting
               rightsix
ISIN code (if
possible)
Direct         Indirect                Direct        Indirect

(Art 9 of      (Art 10 of              (Art 9 of     (Art 10 of Directive
Directive      Directive               Directive     2004/109/EC)
2004/109/EC)   2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)  (DTR5.2.1)
(DTR5.1)       (DTR5.2.1)              (DTR5.1)
Common Stock   113,098,953                           5.901%
GB0004300496

SUBTOTAL 8. A  113,098,953                           5.901%

B 1: Financial
Instruments
according to
Art. 13(1)(a)
of Directive
2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1
(a))
Type of        Expiration  Exercise/     Number of voting
% of
financial      datex       Conversion    rights that may be
voting
instrument                 Periodxi      acquired if the
rights
                                         instrument is

                                         exercised/converted.

                           SUBTOTAL
                           8. B 1

B 2: Financial
Instruments
with similar
economic
effect
according to
Art. 13(1)(b)
of Directive
2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1
(b))
Type of     Expiration     Exercise/   Physical or
Number of  % of
financial   datex          Conversion  cash
voting     voting
instrument                 Period xi
rights     rights
                                       settlementxii

                                       SUBTOTAL
                                       8.B.2

9. Information
in relation to
the person
subject to the
notification
obligation
(please mark
the

applicable box
with an "X")
Person subject
to the
notification
obligation is
not controlled
by any natural
person or
legal entity
and does not
control any
other
undertaking(s)
holding
directly or
indirectly an
interest in
the
(underlying)
issuerxiii
Full chain of                                                       X
controlled
undertakings
through which
the voting
rights and/or
the
financial
instruments
are
effectively
held starting
with the
ultimate
controlling
natural person
or legal
entityxiv
(please add
additional
rows as
necessary)
Namexv        % of voting rights if it equals or is  % of voting  Total of
              higher than the notifiable threshold   rights       both if it
                                                     through      equals or
                                                     financial    is higher
                                                     instruments  than the
                                                     if it        notifiable
                                                     equals or    threshold
                                                     is higher
                                                     than the
                                                     notifiable
                                                     threshold
ESB Pension   0.048%                                              0.048%
Fund GDX
VanEck Gold   5.324%                                              5.324%
Miners ETF
VanEck Gold   0.136%                                              0.136%
Miners ETF
(AU)
VanEck Gold   0.393%                                              0.393%
Miners UCITS
ETF

10. In case of
proxy voting,
please
identify:
Name of the                                          Glass Lewis
proxy holder
The number and                                       113,098,953
% of voting                                          shares and
rights held                                          5.901%
                                                     voting
                                                     rights
The date until                                       Open
which the
voting rights
will be held

11. Additional
informationxvi

+-------------------+-----------------+
|Place of completion|Tampa, FL. USA   |
+-------------------+-----------------+
|Date of completion |23 September 2024|
+-------------------+-----------------+

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