Form 8.3 - Amara Mining Plc


                                                                                           FORM 8.3

                        PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
                  A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
                               Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

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(a) Full name of discloser:                              MMCAP International Inc. SPC                     
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(b) Owner or controller of interests and short                                                      
    positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                                        
    The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is                                                       
    insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor                                                  
    and beneficiaries must be named.                                                                    
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose          Amara Mining Plc                                 
    relevant securities this form relates:                                                              
    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                        
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an                                                     
    offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity                                                    
    of offeror/offeree:                                                                                 
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                12 April 2016                                    
    For an opening position disclosure, state the                                                       
    latest practicable date prior to the disclosure                                                     
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(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is          NO                                               
    the discloser making disclosures in respect of any                                                  
    other party to the offer?                                                                           
    If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer,                                                       
    state "N/A"                                                                                         
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror 
or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

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Class of relevant security:                                       ORD GBP.01                
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                                                        Interests          Short positions  
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                                                    Number        %       Number       %    
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                            
                                                  11,933,277    2.84%                       
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                               
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)                                           
    and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                            
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TOTAL:                                            11,933,277    2.84%                       
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell 
relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

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Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:                          
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:                         
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), 
copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

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    Class of relevant          Purchase/sale         Number of securities        Price per unit     
         security                                                                                   
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        ORD GBP.01                Purchase                 790,196                 0.1600 GBP       
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

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  Class of relevant  Product description  Nature of dealing  Number of reference   Price per unit   
      security            e.g. CFD      e.g. opening/closing     securities                         
                                            a long/short                                            
                                              position,                                             
                                         increasing/reducing                                        
                                            a long/short                                            
                                              position                                              
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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 Class of     Product     Writing,    Number of  Exercise    Type     Expiry     Option  
 relevant   description  purchasing, securities  price per   e.g.      date   money paid/
 security    e.g. call    selling,    to which     unit    American,            received 
               option      varying     option              European             per unit 
                            etc.       relates               etc.                        
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(ii) Exercise

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  Class of relevant  Product description      Exercising/     Number of securities  Exercise price per 
      security        e.g. call option     exercised against                               unit        
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

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  Class of relevant   Nature of dealing        Details       Price per unit (if 
      security       e.g. subscription,                          applicable)    
                         conversion                                             
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4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or        
informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing
entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in 
concert with a party to the offer:                                                                  
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such         
agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"                                            
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person      
making the disclosure and any other person relating to:                                             
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or                              
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any    
     derivative is referenced:                                                                           
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"                       
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(c) Attachments

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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?               NO
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Date of disclosure:                APRIL 13, 2016               
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Contact name:                      ULLA VESTERGAARD              
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Telephone number:                  001 416 408 0994              
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed 
to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for 
consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Contact Information:

MMCAP International Inc. spc