Adriatic Metals PLC 

('Adriatic Metals' or the 'Company')

ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

Adriatic Metals PLC (ASX:ADT, LSE:ADT1, OTCQX:ADMLF) confirms that it has completed the allotment of 103,974 Ordinary shares of £0.013355 each ("Shares"), in the form of Chess Depository Interests, to Sandfire Resources Limited ("Sandfire") pursuant to Sandfire's anti-dilution right under the Collaboration and Strategic Partnership Deed between the Company and Sandfire. The consideration paid for the Shares was £127,888.02 (£1.23 per share).

Application will be made to the Financial Conduct Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the Shares to be admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").

The Shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares. Admission of the Shares is expected to take place on or around 18 September 2021.

The Company confirms that as at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital comprises 214,037,343 ordinary shares of £0.013355 each, with each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.

The above figure of 214,037,343 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or of a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

A cleansing notice and Appendix 2A (Application for quotation of securities) in relation to the allotment of the Shares has also been filed with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and is available on the Company's website: https://www.adriaticmetals.com/investors/asx-announcements/

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ABOUT ADRIATIC METALS

Adriatic Metals Plc (ASX:ADT, LSE:ADT1, OTCQX:ADMLF) is a precious and base metals developer that is advancing the world-class Vares Silver Project in Bosnia & Herzegovina, as well as the Raska Zinc-Silver Project in Serbia.

The Vares Project Definitive Feasibility Study boats robust economics of US$1,062 million post tax NPV, 134% IRR and a capex of US$168 million.  The Company is the only publicly listed mining company exploring in Bosnia and is leveraging its first-mover advantage. The Company is well-funded and concurrent with the advancing Definitive Feasibility Study, continues exploring across its large concession package.

Adriatic Metals Plc completed the acquisition TSX-listed Tethyan Resource Corp.  in Q4 2020, which contained the Raska Zinc-Silver Project in southern Serbia. The Company is exploring across its 95km² highly prospective concession area, which includes around the formerly operating Kizevak and Sastavci polymetallic mines.