GlobeNewswire Inc | Mar 17, 2021 03:00AM EDT

March 17, 2021

ST HELIER, Jersey, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc(NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL) (Caledonia or the Company) notes that it is to be included in the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (GDXJ Index) for the first time following the GDXJ Indexs first quarter 2021 review.

The GDXJ Index forms the basis of various passive gold sector investment funds in the North American market, the most significant being the $5.2 billion VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF. The addition of Caledonia to the Index will occur on Friday March 19, 2021.

Steve Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, said:

I am delighted with our imminent inclusion in the GDXJ Index. The listing of our shares on the NYSE American has increased our liquidity significantly and our inclusion on the Index should further raise our profile among retail and institutional investors.

The addition of Caledonia to the Index will be an important milestone for our business and will come at an exciting time for the Company with the commissioning of Central Shaft due to be completed in the first quarter of this year.

For further information please contact:

Caledonia Mining Corporation PlcMark Learmonth Tel: +44 1534 679 802Camilla Horsfal Tel: +44 7817 841793WH IrelandAdrian Hadden/James Sinclair-Ford Tel: +44 20 7220 1751BlytheweighTim Blythe/Megan Ray Tel: +44 207 138 32043PPBPatrick Chidley Tel: +1 917 991 7701Paul Durham Tel: +1 203 940 2538

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