MTR : Metal Tiger PLC - Investment Update

Highlights:

- Metal Tiger plc today purchased 430,000 ordinary shares in KCN at an average price of circa AUD$0.33 (£0.20) per ordinary share for a total consideration of AUD$ 142,050 (circa £84,250), to bring its total holding in KCN up to 11,583,409 ordinary shares, representing 5.18% of the company.

Kingsgate Consolidated Limited is an ASX listed Gold Company which owns two main assets, the Chatree Gold Mine, through its Thai subsidiary Akara Resources Public Company Limited and the 100% owned Nueva Esperanza Project Silver Gold project in Chile where a definitive feasibility study is expected in January 2018. KCN is currently in negotiations with the Thai government to reopen the Chatree Gold Mine after it ceased operations in December 2016.

In the financial year ended 30 June 2017 KCN made total comprehensive income of AUD$8,333,000 (£4,906,470) and had net assets of AUD$100,860,000 (£59,401,497).

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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 interests in two potentially near-production stage silver/lead/zinc mines as well as 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 AIM or NEX Exchange (formerly ISDX) partner with whom the Company is engaged.