5 December 2018

NQ Minerals Plc

(the "Company" or "NQ Minerals")

Issue of Equity

NQ Minerals Plc (NEX: NQMI) (OTCQB: NQMLF), mineral processing, exploration and mining company is pleased to announce that it has issued 420,000 new ordinary shares at a price equivalent to 12 pence per share, and issued 142,857 new ordinary shares at a price equivalent to 14 pence per share to raise approximately GBP70,400 for working capital purposes.

Following the issue of the new shares, the Company has 321,799,547 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue, each carrying the right to one vote.

The above figure of 321,799,547 should be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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About NQ Minerals

NQ Minerals is an Australia-based exploration and mining company, focusing on projects where past exploration work has established the presence of mineral occurrences. The Company's management team has decades of experience in the exploration and production of gold, silver and a variety of base metals. Please visit our website at www.nqminerals.com.

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