Metals Acquisition Corp. announces the separate trading of its Class A common shares and redeemable warrants as of September 20, 2021

FORT WORTH, Texas – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Metals Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: MTAL.U) (the “Company”) announced that as of September 20, 2021, holders of units sold as part of the Company’s initial public offering of 26,514,780 units may choose to trade separately the shares of class A common shares and redeemable warrants included in the units. The unseparated Units will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “MTAL.U”, and the Class A common shares and redeemable warrants which are segregated will trade on the. NYSE under the symbols “MTAL” and “MTAL WS”, respectively. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will be traded. Unitholders should instruct their brokers to contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the transfer agent of the Company, in order to separate the units into Class A common shares and redeemable warrants.

The units were initially offered by the Company under a bought deal placement. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as sole accounting manager. A registration statement relating to the units and the underlying securities entered into force on July 28, 2021.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, and there will be no sale of such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be illegal prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

The offer has been made by way of prospectus only, copies of which may be obtained free of charge on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at www.sec.gov or by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c / o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, phone: 1-800-831-9146.

About the company

The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, a capital stock exchange, an acquisition of assets, a purchase of shares, a reorganization or a similar business combination with one or more companies. Although the Company’s efforts to identify a business combination opportunity are not limited to any particular industry, it intends to focus on companies in the metals and mining sector, including companies in upstream and downstream, but excluding coal.

Forward-looking statements

This press release may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including with regard to the planned separate negotiation. Class A common shares and redeemable warrants of the Company and the pursuit of a first business combination. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend” and similar expressions, in relation to us or our management team, identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as on the assumptions made by the management of the Company and on the information currently available to the latter. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by forward-looking statements due to certain factors detailed in documents filed by the Company with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set out in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus relating to the initial public offering of the Company. Company filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this posting, except as required by law.