RNS Number : 0191C

Thor Mining PLC

16 January 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

THOR MINING PLC

 ("Thor" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Company was informed by Paul Johnson on 16 January 2018 that his wife had acquired 500,000 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 2.5 pence each on 16 January 2018 ("Ordinary Shares").

Following the above mentioned acquisition, Paul Johnson and his closely associated persons are beneficially interested in 31,627,649 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.23 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Australian Securities Exchange, provide further detail.

  Enquiries:

Mick Billing	+61 (8) 7324 1935	Thor Mining PLC	Executive Chairman
Ray Ridge	+61 (8) 7324 1935	Thor Mining PLC	CFO/Company Secretary
Colin Aaronson/ Richard Tonthat	+44 (0) 207 383 5100	Grant Thornton UK LLP	Nominated Adviser
Nick Emerson	+44 (0) 1483 413 500	SI Capital Ltd	Joint Broker
Tim Blythe/ Camilla Horsfall	+44 (0) 207 138 3222	Blytheweigh	Financial PR

Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.

Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Persons Closely Associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Johnson Details of legal persons: Value Generation Limited, a company 50% owned by Mr P Johnson and 50% owned by Mrs M Johnson (spouse).
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Thor Mining Plc
b)	LEI	213800WO61Y9GPALD478
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each
	Identification code	GB00BD0NBV71
	b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
	c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			2.5 pence	500,000
d)		Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	Aggregate volume: 500,000 Aggregate price: 2.5 pence Aggregate total: £12,500.00
	- Price
	e)	Date of the transaction	16 January 2017
	f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange's AIM Market

Rule 3.19A.2

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available.  Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.

Introduced 30/09/01  Amended 01/01/11

Name of entity                    Thor Mining PLC

ABN                                    121 117 673

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.2 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act. 

Name of Director	Paul Johnson
Date of last notice	16 January 2017

Part 1 - Change of director's relevant interests in securities

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (i) of the definition of "notifiable interest of a director" should be disclosed in this part.

Direct or indirect interest	Direct and Indirect
Nature of indirect interest (including registered holder) Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.	·      Mrs M Johnson (spouse) ·      Value Generation Limited, a company 50% owned by Mr P Johnson and 50% owned by Mrs M Johnson.
Date of change	16 January 2018
No. of securities held prior to change - Direct	·      22,402,649 Ordinary Shares (AIM listed) ·      3,200,000 Unlisted Options, exercise price £0.0125, expiry 1/10/18. ·      5,000,000 Unlisted options, exercise price 1.8 pence, expiry 28/7/19. ·      3,000,000 Unlisted options, exercise price 1.8 pence, expiry 31/3/20.
No. of securities held prior to change - Indirect	·      4,600,000 Ordinary Shares (AIM listed) held by Mrs M Johnson. ·      Value Generation Limited: 4,125,000 Ordinary Shares (AIM listed) held by Value Generation Limited. ·      3,125,000 Unlisted options, exercise price
Class	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Number acquired - Direct	500,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Number acquired - Indirect	N/A
Number disposed	N/A
Value/Consideration ·          Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and estimated valuation ·	Total consideration of £12,500, or £0.025 per share.
No. of securities held after change - Direct	·      22,402,649 Ordinary Shares (AIM listed) ·      3,200,000 Unlisted Options, exercise price £0.0125, expiry 1/10/18. ·      5,000,000 Unlisted options, exercise price 1.8 pence, expiry 28/7/19. ·      3,000,000 Unlisted options, exercise price 1.8 pence, expiry 31/3/20.
No. of securities held after change - Indirect	·      5,100,000 Ordinary Shares (AIM listed) held by Mrs M Johnson. ·      Value Generation Limited: 4,125,000 Ordinary Shares (AIM listed) held by Value Generation Limited. 3,125,000 Unlisted options, exercise price
Nature of change ·          Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back	On market purchase (AIM).

Part 2 - Change of director's interests in contracts

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of "notifiable interest of a director" should be disclosed in this part.

Detail of contract

Nature of interest

Name of registered holder

(if issued securities)

Date of change

No. and class of securities to which interest related prior to change

·          Note: Details are only required for a contract in relation to which the interest has changed

Interest acquired

Interest disposed

Value/Consideration

·          Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and an estimated valuation

Interest after change

Part 3 - +Closed period

Were the interests in the securities or contracts detailed above traded during a +closed period where prior written clearance was required?	No.
If so, was prior written clearance provided to allow the trade to proceed during this period?	No.
If prior written clearance was provided, on what date was this provided?	N/A

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