Bellzone Mining : Placing and Appointment of Joint Broker

23 November 2017

Bellzone Mining plc ("Bellzone" or the "Company") (AIM: BZM) is pleased to announce a successful non- pre-emptive placing to raise £1.6 million (approximately £1.5m net) (the "Placing") through the issue of 128,000,000 new ordinary shares of no par value at a price of 1.25 pence per share (the "Placing Shares"). This will represent 8.0% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company.

SVS Securities Plc ("SVS") acted as broker pursuant to a placing agent agreement whereby SVS will either procure (as agent for the Company) placees for the Placing Shares or subscribe itself for the Placing Shares. The SVS Placing will be undertaken by way of a cashbox placing and Cleargrass No.4 Limited (company number 124361) was registered in Jersey for this purpose.

The proceeds of the Placing will be applied to advance the completion of the feasibility study on the proposed Ferronickel sub-project and for FY2018 working capital requirements. Approximately 60% of the work required to obtain feasibility study results has been completed and paid for and the remaining work is estimated to require a relatively small proportion of the funds raised. The Company expects to conclude the feasibility study by November 2018 at the latest in line with its obligations under the recently signed Addendum to its Mining Convention.

The Company intends to make an immediate start to planning for additional bulk sample extraction and a test smelt campaign at Mintek in Johannesburg and regular market updates will be provided.

Bellzone was on 28 July 2017 granted authority by its shareholders, pursuant to article 2.3 of its articles of association, to issue up to 440,957,000 new Ordinary Shares. The Placing Shares will be issued under this general mandate.

The Placing is subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Appendix. The price per ordinary share at which the Placing Shares are to be placed (the "Placing Price") will be 1.25 pence per share, representing a discount of approximately 23% to the closing mid-price of the Company's shares of 1.625p on 22 November 2017, being the last day of trading prior to the announcement of the Placing.

As a result of the Placing, the total issued share capital of the Company will be 1,597,858,383 Ordinary Shares of no par value, of which 32,657,970 Ordinary Shares are held by the Company as treasury shares for the purpose of executive remuneration. Therefore, as at 29 November 2017, the total voting rights in the Company are 1,565,200,413 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

The Placing Shares will be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue. As a result of the placing, Bellzone's major shareholder Hudson Global Limited ("Hudson") will have its voting rights diluted from 62.4% to 58.2%.

The existing Ordinary Shares are admitted to trading on the AIM Market ("AIM") of London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE"). Application will be made to the LSE for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to occur on or around 29 November 2017.

The Appendix to this announcement (which forms a part of this announcement) sets out further information and the terms and conditions of the Placing.

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of SVS Securities plc as the Company's Joint Broker together with WH Ireland Limited, with immediate effect.

All interested investors are invited to an update call at 9.00am GMT on Friday 24 November 2017, where management will answer queries related to the Placing details as well Bellzone's medium-term business plan. Investors are invited to register their interest to attend the call by email to Simon Edwards by 5.00pm GMT on Thursday 23 November 2017 to receive the dial-in details.

"Bellzone has for some time been ready to move ahead quickly to normalise operations and complete the promising Ferronickel feasibility study work. Now that the Addendum to our Mining Convention has finally been signed with the full support of the Guinean Government, our legal rights to the world-class Kalia iron ore resource have been affirmed and all medium-term obligations have been clarified.

The macro environment has turned markedly positive this year. Metals prices, especially base metals, have stabilised. Most importantly, Guinea has been successful in cementing continuing IMF support via a 3-year External Credit Facility through 2020, as well as in obtaining unequivocal significant commitment from China worth over US$20 billion, to invest without delay in Guinea's national infrastructure and critical mining industry. We believe Bellzone is well-positioned to benefit from the expected economic impetus.

The resulting positive market response has meant we have been able to capitalise on renewed investor confidence to re-open equity financing options as an alternative to Bellzone's reliance over the last 3 years on a succession of loans from Hudson. I hope this will lead to enhanced market liquidity and thereby an increase in overall shareholder value. With this firm footing achieved, we can now focus fully on achieving our clear near-term objectives and start to engage with potential partners for the longer- term.

On behalf of the Board, I sincerely thank our existing shareholders, especially Hudson for its unwavering commitment and I welcome all our new shareholders as we embark on what will without doubt be an exciting year ahead."

This announcement has been issued by Bellzone and is the sole responsibility of Bellzone.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT BEING ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

SVS is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority. SVS is acting exclusively for the Company in connection with the Placing and is not acting for any other person and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their customers or for providing advice on the transactions or arrangements referred to in this announcement.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction.

In particular, this announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for securities in any jurisdiction including, without limitation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong or Japan. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S. Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold or transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act. No public offering of the Placing Shares will be made in the United States.

No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per share of Bellzone for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of Bellzone.

The Directors of Bellzone are:

Michael Farrow, Non-Executive Chairman

Julian Cheong, Executive Director (Chief Executive Officer) Simon Brickles, Non-Executive Director

Antony Gardner-Hillman, Non-Executive Director

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN ARE DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHOSE ORDINARY ACTIVITIES INVOLVE THEM IN ACQUIRING, HOLDING, MANAGING AND DISPOSING OF INVESTMENTS (AS PRINCIPAL OR AGENT) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THEIR BUSINESS AND WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AND ARE (1) QUALIFIED INVESTORS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 86(7) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 ("FSMA"), BEING PERSONS FALLING WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2.1(e)(i), (ii) OR (iii) OF DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (THE "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE") AND (2) IN THE UK FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR ARE PERSONS WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(a) TO (d) ("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC") OF THE ORDER OR OTHERWISE ARE PERSONS TO WHOM THEY MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. PERSONS DISTRIBUTING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX) MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO DO SO. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. THIS APPENDIX DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY SECURITIES IN BELLZONE MINING PLC.

This announcement (including this Appendix) does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for Placing Shares in any jurisdiction including, without limitation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong or Japan. This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, to persons in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or in any jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution is unlawful.

The Placing Shares referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold or transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Placing Shares are being offered and sold outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Placing Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing