Metals Exploration plc

AIM:MTL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£373.5m

Metals Exploration Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

AIM:MTL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
22 May 25BuyUK£63,348Robert MarshallIndividual827,314UK£0.077
31 Mar 25BuyUK£34,726Andrew ChubbIndividual564,901UK£0.062
07 Feb 25BuyUK£28,000David CatherIndividual500,000UK£0.056
07 Feb 25BuyUK£112,183Candy Ventures S.à R.L.Company2,000,000UK£0.058
28 Oct 24SellUK£168,749Andrew ChubbIndividual2,500,000UK£0.067
28 Oct 24SellUK£141,210Michael LangoulantIndividual2,166,000UK£0.067

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: MTL insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MTL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies20,951,5900.718%
Individual Insiders138,471,9954.75%
General Public364,541,31212.5%
Private Companies603,685,68920.7%
VC/PE Firms652,000,00022.3%
Institutions1,138,248,14439%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 37.8%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.14% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
22.3%
Candy Ventures S.à R.L.
652,000,000UK£83.5m0%91.94%
20.4%
Drachs Investments No 3 Ltd.
594,465,701UK£76.1m77.2%no data
7.58%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
221,306,476UK£28.3m1.98%0.08%
6.98%
Aberdeen Group Plc
203,699,047UK£26.1m2.97%0.02%
2.55%
Galloway Ltd.
74,441,570UK£9.5m0%40.12%
2.3%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
66,992,116UK£8.6m-8.42%0.07%
2.12%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
61,803,808UK£7.9m2.78%no data
1.66%
M. D. Barnard & Co. Ltd., Asset Management Arm
48,430,828UK£6.2m10.2%4.05%
1.65%
Baker Steel Capital Managers LLP
48,138,429UK£6.2m-17.9%0.6%
1.64%
Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd, Asset Management Arm
47,967,244UK£6.1m3.92%0.06%
1.46%
Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division
42,622,132UK£5.5m0.35%0.04%
1.27%
Anthony Millar
36,987,156UK£4.7m0%no data
1.23%
Neil McLeod
36,000,000UK£4.6m0%no data
1.19%
UBS Asset Management AG
34,803,828UK£4.5m-1.7%no data
1.11%
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Private Banking, Investment Banking, and Insurance Arm
32,243,035UK£4.1m10.4%0.06%
0.77%
Jarvis Securities plc, Asset Management Arm
22,604,128UK£2.9m-4.18%0.33%
0.66%
IG Group Holdings Plc, Asset Management Arm
19,358,990UK£2.5m18.4%0.22%
0.66%
Darren Bowden
19,309,250UK£2.5m0%no data
0.6%
First Majestic Silver Corp.
17,445,543UK£2.2m0%no data
0.58%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
16,925,140UK£2.2m127%0.01%
0.53%
Investment Funds Direct Limited, Securities Investments
15,546,296UK£2.0m0%0.55%
0.53%
TrinityBridge Limited
15,360,069UK£2.0m15.6%0.02%
0.47%
Hobart Capital Markets Limited, Asset management Arm
13,712,730UK£1.8m0%11.69%
0.43%
James Mellon
12,664,140UK£1.6m-94.2%no data
0.43%
Rowan Dartington & Co. Ltd., Asset Management Arm
12,664,000UK£1.6m4.21%0.24%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/21 12:27
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/21 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Metals Exploration plc is covered by 2 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jonathan GuyHannam & Partners (Advisory) LLP
Kate CraigStockdale Securities