Metal Tiger : Issue of Equity for Services

Metal Tiger Plc

30 December 2016

Metal Tiger Plc

('Metal Tiger' or the 'Company')

Issue of Equity for Services

Metal Tiger (LON: MTR), the natural resources investing company is pleased to announce that it has agreed to issue 7,522,523 new ordinary shares in lieu of cash for marketing, communications and other professional services provided to the Company.

The shares 7,522,523 were issued at the 15 day VWAP to the close on the 28 December 2016 being 1.554 pence per share. This represents a slight premium to the closing share price on the 29 December 2016.

The 7,522,523 new ordinary shares are expected to be admitted to trading on or around 6 January 2016. Following the issue of the new ordinary shares, the number of ordinary shares in issue in the Company will increase to 774,655,180. For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ('DTRs'), the issued ordinary share capital of Metal Tiger following this allotment consists of 774,655,180 ordinary shares with voting rights attached (one vote per share). There are no shares held in treasury. This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Metal Tiger under the DTRs.

For further information on the Company, visit:www.metaltigerplc.com:

Michael McNeilly (Chief Executive Officer)				Tel: [phone]
Keith Springall (Finance Director & Company Secretary)				Tel: [phone]
Sean Wyndham-Quin Neil Baldwin		Spark Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)		Tel: [phone] www.sparkadvisorypartners.com
Nick Emerson Andy Thacker		SI Capital (Joint Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Andrew Monk Andrew Raca		VSA Capital Limited (Joint Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Gordon Poole Sean Blundell		Camarco (Financial PR)		Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors:

Metal Tiger plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM Market ('AIM') with the trading code MTR and invests in high potential mineral projects with a precious and strategic metals focus.

The Company's target is to deliver a very high return for shareholders by investing in significantly undervalued and/or high potential opportunities in the mineral exploration and development sector timed to coincide, where possible, with a cyclical recovery in the exploration and mining markets. The Company's key strategic objective is to ensure the distribution to shareholders of major returns achieved from disposals.

Metal Tiger's Metal Projects Divisionis focused on the development of its key project interests in Botswana, Spain and Thailand. In Botswana Metal Tiger has a growing interest in the large and highly prospective Kalahari copper/silver belt. In Spain Metal Tiger the Company has tungsten and gold interests in the highly mineralised Extremadura region. In Thailand Metal Tiger has expanding interests over licences, applications and critical historical data covering antimony, copper, gold, silver, lead and zinc opportunities.

The Company has access to a diverse pipeline of new opportunities focused on the natural resource sector including physical resource projects, new natural resource centred technologies and resource sector related fintech opportunities. Pipeline projects deemed commercially viable may be undertaken by Metal Tiger or by an ISDX or AIM partner with whom the Company is engaged.

Metal Tiger also has an Asset Trading Divisionthat holds various financial instruments for trading purposes including equities, warrants and royalty income. The aim of the division is to generate profits to reinvest into the Company's project based activities.

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