Patagonia Gold Plc

('Patagonia Gold' or the 'Company')

Grant of Share Options

Patagonia Gold Plc announces that it has granted options over, in aggregate, 80,000,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Options') to Directors and other employees under the Company's share option arrangements, as set out below.

The Options, which vest, one third on the first anniversary of the date of grant, a further one third on the second anniversary of the date of grant and the remaining one third on the third anniversary of the date of grant, are exercisable (in whole or in part) at any time up to the tenth anniversary of the date of grant and are exercisable at a price of 1p per ordinary share.

The options issued to the Directors and PDMR's of the Company are set out below:

Existing Options

Options Granted

Total Options over ordinary shares

Carlos Miguens

24,500,000

5,000,000

29,500,000

Gonzalo Tanoira

3,719,000

5,000,000

8,719,000

Manuel de Prado

750,000

5,000,000

5,750,000

Christopher van Tienhoven

10,000,000

15,000,000

25,000,000

Cristian Lopez Saubidet

7,000,000

15,000,000

22,000,000

Matthew Boyes

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

1 exercise prices between 7.875 and 22.75p

2 exercise price of 2.5p

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 ('MAR').

Enquiries:

Christopher van Tienhoven, Chief Executive Officer

Patagonia Gold Plc

Tel: +54 11 5278 6950

Angela Hallett / Richard Tulloch

Strand Hanson Limited

Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Carlos Miguens

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Director of the Company

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Patagonia Gold Plc

b)

LEI

213800CUO61FNURZ7N7

4.

Details of the transaction(s):section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the Patagonia Gold Plc

Identification code

GB0003049409

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1 pence

5,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

18 December 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Gonzalo Tanoira

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Director of the Company

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Patagonia Gold Plc

b)

LEI

213800CUO61FNURZ7N7

4.

Details of the transaction(s):section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the Patagonia Gold Plc

Identification code

GB0003049409

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1 pence

5,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

18 December 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Christopher van Tienhoven

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Director of the Company

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Patagonia Gold Plc

b)

LEI

213800CUO61FNURZ7N7

4.

Details of the transaction(s):section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the Patagonia Gold Plc

Identification code

GB0003049409

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1 pence

15,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

18 December 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Manuel de Prado

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Director of the Company

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Patagonia Gold Plc

b)

LEI

213800CUO61FNURZ7N7

4.

Details of the transaction(s):section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the Patagonia Gold Plc

Identification code

GB0003049409

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1 pence

5,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

18 December 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Cristian Lopez Saubidet

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

CFO

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Patagonia Gold Plc

b)

LEI

213800CUO61FNURZ7N7

4.

Details of the transaction(s):section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the Patagonia Gold Plc

Identification code

GB0003049409

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1 pence

15,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

18 December 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Matthew Boyes

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

COO

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Patagonia Gold Plc

b)

LEI

213800CUO61FNURZ7N7

4.

Details of the transaction(s):section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the Patagonia Gold Plc

Identification code

GB0003049409

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1 pence

10,000,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

18 December 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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