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Stratmin Global Resources PLC

07 July 2015

7 July 2015

StratMin Global Resources Plc

("StratMin" or the "Company")

Completion of GBP625,000 Placing

StratMin Global Resources Plc (AIM: STGR), London's only listed graphite production and exploration company, announces that it has raised gross proceeds of GBP625,000 through a placing of 15,625,000 new ordinary shares of 4 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") at a placing price of 4 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Placing Shares") (the "Placing").

The Placing follows the signing of a binding strategic partnership and joint venture agreement with Tirupati Carbons & Chemicals Group (P) Ltd. ("Tirupati"), the private Indian-based graphite mining and processing group, with operations in India and Madagascar (as announced on 18 June 2015).

The net proceeds of the Placing will be used to further bankable feasibility studies at the Company's new Mahefedok project and for general working capital purposes.

Issue of Warrants

In connection with the Placing, the Company will issue 406,250 broker warrants at an exercise price of 4 pence, which are exercisable at any time up to and including 12 July 2018.

Admission to Trading and Total Voting Rights

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will take place and that trading will commence on AIM on or around 13 July 2015. Following Admission, the Company will have 148,867,004 Ordinary Shares in issue with each share carrying the right to one vote.

The Company has no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company following Admission will therefore be 148,867,004. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Concert Party

The shareholdings of the individuals set out below, who were deemed by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers at the time of the Company's reverse takeover of Graphmada Equity Pte Ltd in January 2013 to be acting in concert (the "Concert Party"), before and after the abovementioned Placing are set out below:

 
 Name                Number      % of Ordinary      Number          Total       % of Ordinary 
                   of Ordinary       Shares       of Placing     shareholding       Shares 
                     Shares       outstanding       Shares        following      outstanding 
                      held           prior        subscribed     the Placing      following 
                                     to the         for in                        the issue 
                                     issue        the Placing                       of the 
                                     of the                                        Placing 
                                    Placing                                         Shares 
                                     Shares 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Caralapati 
  Raghirah 
  Premraj(1)        16,813,319          12.62%              -      16,813,319          11.29% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Marthinus 
  (Marius) 
  Johannes 
  Hendrik 
  Pienaar           12,150,000           9.12%              -      12,150,000           8.16% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Mrs Kesava 
  Padmavathi         8,100,000           6.08%              -       8,100,000           5.44% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Mrs Caryl 
  Melissa 
  Jane Pienaar       6,500,000           4.88%              -       6,500,000           4.37% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Ghanshyam 
  Champaklal         5,025,000           3.77%              -       5,025,000           3.38% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Srirekam 
  Kesava 
  Purushotham        2,700,000           2.03%              -       2,700,000           1.81% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Jeffrey 
  Royce Marvin         916,667           0.69%              -         916,667           0.62% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Total              52,204,986          39.18%              -      52,204,986          35.07% 
---------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 

(1) Includes the shares issued to Non-Executive Director, David Premraj, on 31 March 2014

Following completion of the Placing (in which no individual member of the Concert Party has participated), the Concert Party will hold interests in Ordinary Shares carrying, in aggregate, approximately 35.07 per cent. of the voting rights of the Company.

Brett Boynton, CEO, commented:

"We are very excited with the progress being made at our new project area. This placement will enable us to accelerate the bankable feasibility studies for a new mine and plant with a target 12,000 tpa flake graphite output. We have a team active on the ground drawing expertise from our in-house geology team, our in-country exploration consultants Vato Consulting and the highly experienced technical team from our collaboration partners, Tirupati. Leveraging all the knowledge from our existing deposit at Loharano, they are rapidly progressing Mahefedok to development stage."

For further information please visit www.stratminglobal.com or contact:

 
 StratMin Global Resources Plc           +44 (0) 20 
  Brett Boynton, CEO                      3691 6160 
 Strand Hanson (Nominated & Financial 
  Adviser) 
  Rory Murphy / James Spinney /          +44 (0) 20 
  Ritchie Balmer                          7409 3494 
 Beaufort Securities (Broker)            +44 (0) 20 
  Jon Bellis                              7382 8300 
 Blytheweigh (Financial PR)              +44 (0) 20 
  Halimah Hussain / Megan Ray             7138 3204 
 

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