4 March 2026
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION
Pensana Plc (“Pensana” or the “Company”)
Increased US$165 million Strategic Investment to support U.S. Mine to Magnet strategy
Proposed adjournment of General Meeting
Pensana (PRE.LSE) is pleased to provide an update on the proposed Strategic Investment of US$165 million (“Strategic Investment”) in support of the development of the Company’s U.S. Mine-to-Magnet strategy, by Cascade Natural Resources Limited (“Cascade”). This is further to the announcements of 9 December 2025 and 10 February 2026 and the Notice of General Meeting dated 10 February 2026 and increases the total amount of the investment to be made by Cascade.
Cascade intends to advance the Strategic Investment to Pensana and its group companies by way of:
The Strategic Investment remains subject to long-form documentation and completion which are expected in the coming weeks.
Alongside the proposed US$160 million ABSA debt funding package (U.S. EXIM Guaranteed) the Strategic Investment would provide for the construction of the Longonjo mine, including execution of the recently announced drill programme and HREE recovery facility, early downstream development initiatives and the costs associated with the proposed NASDAQ listing along with all corporate costs ahead of Longonjo’s first production scheduled for 2027.
ABG Sundal Collier, a leading independent Nordic investment bank, has acted as Pensana’s financial advisor for the Strategic Investment.
General Meeting
Based on the structure of the revised Strategic Investment, the Directors currently have sufficient authority to issue the 13.55 million ordinary shares in Pensana to Cascade, free of preemption rights.
Accordingly, it is proposed that the forthcoming General Meeting scheduled for 9 March 2026 will in effect be cancelled and will be adjourned until further notice ( sine die ) without the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting being put to the meeting.