10 December 2025
Premier African Minerals Limited
Corporate Update
Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") provides the following update on the Company's funding plans and creditors of both the Company and Zulu Lithium Private Limited ("Zulu Lithium").
Funding update
As set out in the notice of General Meeting announced on 15 October 2025 ("GM Notice"), the Board was seeking shareholder approval for the disapplication of such number of shares to allow the Company to proceed with Phase 5 "Pre-production Readiness" and to also meet certain immediately due creditor payments. The utilisation of funds was broken down into the following essential categories:
| | Item total | Category total |
| Normal Operating Expenses | | $ 1,908,400 |
| Group excluding Zulu | $ 592,400 | |
| Zulu | $ 1,316,000 | |
| Plant Operating Costs including the Secondary conventional floatation plant installation | | $ 1,415,500 |
| Settlement of outstanding debts | | $ 2,975,100 |
| Total |
| $ 6,299,000
|
This budget did not deal with operating costs under normal production after completion of Phase 5. It was also noted in the GM Notice that the payment arrangements for outstanding debts did not call for immediate payment of the amounts set out above.
Following approval of the enabling resolutions at the adjourned General Meeting on 19 November 2025, the Company conducted an interim fundraising to raise approximately £500,000 before expenses to support essential consumables at Zulu's camp and to provide general working capital for Premier and allow for necessary preparation to commence for the Xinhai Flotation Plant. The Interim funding did not provide the full funds identified in the GM Notice, and the Company still intends to conduct a further funding to settle the identified obligations as set out further below.
The Company has recently received correspondence from JR Goddard Contracting ("Creditor") demanding payment of US$2.3 million to them before enforcing a previously stayed judgement of US$2.5 million ("Demand"). At the time of the judgement, the total due amounted to US$3.985 million. Premier has since paid US$2.1 million in settlement of the judgement amount.
Discussions with the Creditor remain ongoing, and the Company is seeking to reach a commercial resolution.
Current trading
As at 30 November 2025, unaudited total group liabilities (including amounts due to the Offtake Partner under the Offtake and Prepayment Agreement of $46.568 million including unsettled interest of $11.9 million) amounted to $62.143 million, of which group trade creditors including unpaid salaries amounted to approximately $15.035 million.
Premier has limited funds and must secure additional financing arrangements to meet its payment commitments and obligations as they fall due. The Company considers that a further extension of the Long Stop Date under the amended Offtake and Prepayment Agreement announced on 1 April 2025 is also an essential part to raising the further funding required, although there can be no guarantee at this time as to what further variations to the Long Stop Date may be agreed between the parties. As announced on 24 December 2024, Premier also provided the Offtake Partner with an extension of their existing security by providing a fixed charge over the shares of Zulu Lithium (but with no security over Premier's other assets or projects) ("Security").
Shareholders should note there is further no guarantee that the further funding will be secured on terms acceptable to the Company and in the event that further funding arrangements cannot be secured within the required timeframe and on acceptable terms, this could have a material adverse effect on both Zulu Lithium and the financial position of the Company as a whole which could cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
A further announcement will be made as appropriate.
Market Abuse Regulation
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The person who arranged the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was Graham Hill.
A copy of this announcement is available at the Company's website, https://premierafricanminerals.com/.
Enquiries:
| Graham Hill | Premier African Minerals Limited | Tel: +27 (0) 100 201 281 |
| Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish | Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
| Douglas Crippen | CMC Markets UK Plc | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3003 8632 |
| Toby Gibbs/ Harry Davies-Ball | Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090 |
Beaumont Cornish Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as nominated adviser to the Company in relation to the matters referred herein. Beaumont Cornish Limited is acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in relation to the matters described in this announcement and is not advising any other person and accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Beaumont Cornish Limited, or for providing advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matter referred to in it.
Forward Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this announcement are or may be deemed to be forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'' ''could'' "should" ''envisage'' ''estimate'' ''intend'' ''may'' ''plan'' ''will'' or the negative of those variations or comparable expressions including references to assumptions. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth results of operations performance future capital and other expenditures (including the amount. Nature and sources of funding thereof) competitive advantages business prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to the Directors. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements including risks associated with vulnerability to general economic and business conditions competition environmental and other regulatory changes actions by governmental authorities the availability of capital markets reliance on key personnel uninsured and underinsured losses and other factors many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are based upon what the Directors believe to be reasonable assumptions. The Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with such forward looking statements.
Notes to Editors:
Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company focused on Southern Africa with its RHA Tungsten and Zulu Lithium projects in Zimbabwe.
The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include tungsten, rare earth elements, lithium and tantalum in Zimbabwe and lithium and gold in Mozambique, encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-roots exploration.
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