Meridian Announces Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - July 10, 2026) - Meridian Mining plc (LSE: MNO) (TSX: MNO) (FSE: N2E0) (Tradegate: N2E0) (OTCQX: MRRDF) ("Meridian" or the "Company") announces that, on 9 July 2026 it granted the following conditional share awards under the Meridian Mining Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Omnibus Plan") to the following Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs"). Awards take the form of restricted share units ("RSUs"), performance share units ("PSUs") or deferred share units ("DSUs"), as explained below. Name Role Award type Number of shares under award Gilbert Clark CEO RSU 166,481 Gilbert Clark CEO PSU 332,963 David Halkyard CFO RSU 107,796 David Halkyard CFO PSU 215,593 Bruce McLeod Chairman DSU 66,592 Susanne Sesselmann Non-executive director DSU 33,296 Douglas Ford Non-executive director DSU 33,296 Neil Gregson Non-executive director DSU 33,296 Carlos Vilhena Non-executive director DSU 33,296 Felipe Holzhacker Alves Non-executive director DSU 33,296   In calculating the number of shares in the Company over which these awards have been granted, the Remuneration Committee of the Company has applied the price of CAD1.70/GBP£0.92. Any shares that vest under the CEO's RSU or PSU which are not sold to pay tax and social security liabilities will be subject to a two-year post-vesting holding period. RSUs The Company's remuneration committee (the "Committee") has granted RSUs at 50% of salary for the CEO and 37.5% of salary for the CFO. RSUs will normally vest on the third anniversary of grant conditional upon the relevant individual's continued employment and the Committee's determination that the vesting outcome appropriately reflects the Company's underlying performance and progress during the relevant vesting period. PSUs The Committee has granted PSUs at 100% of salary for the CEO and 75% of salary for the CFO. PSUs will normally vest on the third anniversary of grant conditional upon the relevant indivi...