Horizonte Minerals Plc - TR-1: Notification Of Major Interest In Shares(i)

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Dec. 6, 2016) - Horizonte Minerals Plc, (AIM:HZM)(TSX:HZM)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii		 HORIZONTE MINERALS PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii		 TECK RESOURCES LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v		 30 NOVEMBER 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 5 DECEMBER 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:vi, vii		 Reduced from >26% to <18%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares if possible using
the ISIN CODE		 Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares		 Number
of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of voting rights x
Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect
Ordinary shares of 1 pence each 188,689,934 188,689,934 210,207,184 210,207,184
17.9%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Expiration
datexiii		 Exercise/
Conversion Periodxiv		 Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.		 % of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Exercise price Expiration date xvii Exercise/
Conversion periodxviii		 Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights xix, xx
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
210,207,184 17.9%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information: The change in the number and percentage of shares held is due to the participation in the placing by Horizonte Minerals Plc, the shares from which were admitted to AIM on 30/11/2016
14. Contact name: Karen Dunfee
Corporate Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: 604-699-4000

Contact Information:

Horizonte Minerals plc
Jeremy Martin
+44 (0) 20 7763 7157

Horizonte Minerals plc
David Hall
+44 (0) 20 7763 7157

finnCap Ltd (Corporate Broking)
Joanna Scott
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500

finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance)
Christopher Raggett
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500

finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance)
James Thompson
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500

finnCap Ltd (Corporate Finance)
Anthony Adams
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Shard Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)
Damon Heath
+44 (0) 20 7186 9952

Shard Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)
Erik Woolgar
+44 (0) 20 7186 9952

St Brides Partners Ltd (PR)
Lottie Brocklehurst
+44 (0) 20 7236 1177

St Brides Partners Ltd (PR)
Elisabeth Cowell
+44 (0) 20 7236 1177