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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

Katoro Gold PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 09306219)

(the "Company")

Notice is hereby given that the General Meeting of the Company will be held at offices of Shakespeare Martineau LLP, 6th Floor, 60 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0HR at

10.00 a.m. GMT on 15th March 2023 for the purposes of considering, and if thought fit, passing the resolutions set out below. Resolutions 1 and 3 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 2 and 4 will be proposed as special resolutions.

Ordinary Resolution

1. THAT, subject and conditional on the passing of resolutions 2 and 3 below, with effect from 23.59 hours on the date of the passing of this resolution:

  1. each of the existing Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each ("Existing Ordinary Share(s)") be subdivided into one Deferred Share £0.009 each and one Ordinary Share of £0.001 each ("New Ordinary Share(s)");
  2. the New Ordinary Shares will have the same rights and be subject to the same restrictions as the Existing Ordinary Shares in the Company's articles of association and the Deferred Shares will have the rights and be subject to the restrictions set out in the Articles; and
  3. the Directors are hereby authorised to settle any difficulty which occurs, in particular (but without limitation), between the holders of shares consolidated and may, in the case of any shares registered in the name or names of one or more members being consolidated with shares registered in the name or names of another member or

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members, make such arrangements for the sale of such consolidated shares or fractional shares as they see fit with the proceeds of sale to be retained by the Company.

Special Resolution

2. THAT, subject and conditional on the passing of resolution 1 above and resolution 3 below, the articles of association be amended by:

2.1. inserting in article 2 the following definition:

"Deferred Shares: the deferred shares in the capital of the Company with the rights set out in Article 7"

2.2. by inserting the following as article 7:

  1. "7. The rights and restrictions attached to the Deferred Shares shall be as follows:

  2. As regards income the holders of the Deferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive any dividend out of the profits of the Company available for distribution and resolved to be distributed in respect of any financial year or any other income or right to participate therein.
  3. As regards capital on a distribution of assets on a winding-up or other return of capital (otherwise than on conversion or redemption on purchase by the Company of any of its shares) the holders of the Deferred Shares shall be entitled to receive the amount paid up on their shares after there shall have been distributed (in cash or in specie) to the holders of the Ordinary Shares the amount of £100,000,000 in respect of each Ordinary Share held by them respectively. For this purpose distributions in currency other than sterling shall be treated as converted into sterling, and the value for any distribution in specie shall be ascertained in sterling, in each case in such manner as the Directors of the Company in general meeting may approve. The Deferred Shares shall not entitle the holders thereof to any further or other right of participation in the assets of the Company.
  4. As regards voting the holders of Deferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of or to attend (either personally or by proxy) any general meeting of the Company or to vote (either personally or by proxy) on any resolution to be proposed thereat.
  5. The rights attached to the Deferred Shares shall not be deemed to be varied or abrogated by the creation or issue of any new shares ranking in priority to or pari passu with or subsequent to such shares. In addition neither the passing by the Company of any resolution for the cancellation of the Deferred Shares for no consideration by means of a reduction of capital requiring the confirmation of the Court nor the obtaining by the Company nor the making by the Court of any order confirming any such reduction of capital nor the becoming effective of any such order shall constitute a variation, modification or abrogation of the rights attaching to the Deferred Shares and accordingly the Deferred Shares may at any time be cancelled for no consideration by means of a reduction of capital effected in accordance with applicable legislation without sanction on the part of the holders of the Deferred Shares.
  6. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Company shall have the power and authority at any time to purchase all or any of the Deferred Shares for an aggregate consideration of £1.

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  1. The Company shall have irrevocable authority to appoint any person to execute on behalf of the holders of the Deferred Shares a transfer/cancellation of the Deferred Shares and/or an agreement to transfer/cancel the same, without making any payment to the holders of the Deferred Shares to such person or persons as the Company may determine as custodian thereof and, pending such transfer and/or cancellation and/or purchase, to retain the certificate(s) if any, for such shares.
  2. The Company may, at its option and subject to compliance with the provisions of applicable legislation, at any time after the adoption of this Article, cancel such shares by way of reduction of capital for no consideration.
  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, and unless specifically required by the provisions of applicable legislation, the Company shall not be required to issue any certificates or other documents of title in respect of the Deferred Shares."

2.3. for subsequent numbering of the articles of association to be sequentially amended.

Ordinary Resolution

3. That in substitution for all existing and unexercised authorities, the directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act") to exercise all or any of the powers of the Company to allot Relevant Securities (as defined in this Resolution) up to a maximum nominal amount of £3,222,888.15 provided that this authority shall, unless previously revoked or varied by the company in general meeting, expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 15 months after the passing of this Resolution, unless renewed or extended prior to such time except that the directors of the Company may before the expiry of such period make an offer or agreement which would or might require Relevant Securities to be allotted after the expiry of such period and the directors of the Company may allot Relevant Securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired. In this Resolution, "Relevant Securities" means any shares in the capital of the Company and the grant of any right to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the capital of the Company ("Shares") but does not include the allotment of Shares or the grant of a right to subscribe for Shares in pursuance of an employee's share scheme or the allotment of Shares pursuant to any right to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, Shares.

Special Resolution

4. That in substitution for all existing and unexercised authorities and subject to the passing of the preceding Resolution, the directors of the Company be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred upon them by the preceding Resolution as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that the power conferred by this Resolution, unless previously revoked or varied by special resolution of the Company in general meeting, shall be limited to:

4.1. the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue in favour of ordinary shareholders where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interest of all such shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective numbers of the ordinary shares held by them subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may consider appropriate to deal with fractional entitlements or legal and practical difficulties under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body in, any territory; and

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4.2. the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £3,222,888.15;

and shall expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on the anniversary of the General meeting being convened by this Notice save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.

By order of the Board

Ben Harber

Company Secretary

6th Floor, 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR

Date: 24th February 2023

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Notes to the notice of General Meeting:

Entitlement to vote

1. Only those members entered on the register of members of the Company at close of business on 13th March 2023 or, in the event that this meeting is adjourned, at close of business on the day two days prior to the adjourned meeting shall be entitled to attend or vote at the meeting in respect of the number of ordinary shares held in the capital of the Company registered in their name at that time. Changes to entries on the relevant register of securities after that time will be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.

Appointment of proxies

  1. If you are a member of the Company at the time set out in note 1 above, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to speak and vote at the meeting and you should have received a proxy form with this notice of meeting. You can only appoint a proxy using the procedures set out in these notes and the notes to the proxy form.
  2. A proxy does not need to be a member of the Company however, we encourage shareholders to appoint the Chair of the meeting as proxy. This will ensure that your vote will be counted even though physical attendance at the meeting is prohibited. Details of how to appoint the Chairman of the meeting or another person as your proxy using the proxy form are set out in the notes to the proxy form. If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the meeting you must appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chairman) and give your instructions directly to the relevant person. Details of how to appoint the Chairman of the meeting or another person as your proxy using the proxy form are set out in the notes to the proxy form. If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the meeting you must appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chairman) and give your instructions directly to the relevant person.
  3. You may appoint more than one proxy provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different shares. You may not appoint more than one proxy to exercise rights attached to any one share. To appoint more than one proxy, you must complete a separate proxy form for each proxy and specify against the proxy's name the number of shares over which the proxy has rights. If you are in any doubt as to the procedure to be followed for the purpose of appointing more than one proxy you must contact the Company's Registrars, Link Group, on 0371 664 0300 calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. Lines are open between 09:00 - 17:30, Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales, or you may photocopy the Form of Proxy.
  4. If you fail to specify the number of shares to which each proxy relates, or specify a number of shares greater than that held by you on the record date, your proxy appointments will be invalid.
  5. A vote withheld is not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes for or against the resolution. If no voting indication is given, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at their discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as they think fit in relation to any other matter which is put before the meeting.

Appointment of proxy through CREST

7. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so for the Meeting and any adjournment thereof by using the procedures described in the CREST manual. The CREST manual can be found at www.euroclear.com. CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider, should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider, who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf. In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a "CREST proxy instruction") must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited's ("EUI") specification and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST manual. All messages regarding the appointment of a proxy or an instruction to a previously appointed proxy must be

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