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Metals Exploration plc (MTL) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Metals Exploration plc from Oct 22, 2004 to Nov 13, 2026: 4,319 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.

MTL adjusted close, 2004 to 2026

MTLMetals Exploration plc
£0.1464+19.0% over one year
2010201520202025
£0.4725
All time high, 2006
£0.1920
52 week high, £0.1030 low
4,319
Daily sessions since 2004

Last updated Nov 13, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2004 to 2026 series and minute bars.

MTL key facts

  • Metals Exploration plc (MTL) closed at £0.1464 on Nov 13, 2026 on LSE.
  • MTL's all time high close is £0.4725, set on May 12, 2006; its all time low close is £0.0035 on Mar 6, 2019.
  • MTL's 52 week range is £0.1030 to £0.1920.
  • MTL returned +19.0% over the year to Nov 13, 2026 and +800.9% over five years.
  • Over ten years MTL returned +149%, +9.6% a year compounded.
  • MTL's deepest drawdown was -99.3% from May 12, 2006 to Mar 6, 2019.
  • DataCedar holds 4,319 daily sessions of MTL history from Oct 22, 2004 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

MTL price chart, 2004 to 2026

MTL adjusted close, Oct 22, 2004 to Nov 13, 2026£0.0050£0.0223£0.0997£0.445020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

MTL returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 13, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-12.1%
3 months+5.3%
6 months+14.4%
Year to date-2.4%
1 year+19.0%
3 years+580.9%
5 years+800.9%
10 years+149.2%
Since Oct 22, 2004+290.4%
Compound annual growth, 22.1 years+6.4%

MTL records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£0.4725 on May 12, 2006
All time low close
£0.0035 on Mar 6, 2019
52 week high
£0.1920 on Jan 26, 2026
52 week low
£0.1030 on Nov 25, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-99.3% from May 12, 2006 to Mar 6, 2019, not yet recovered
Best single session
+231.0% on Oct 28, 2020
Worst single session
-56.4% on Dec 6, 2018
Volatility, 1 year annualised
47.7%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
40%
Growth of 1 since 2004
3.9×
Best calendar year
2005, +303%
Worst calendar year
2018, -89%

MTL price history by year

Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2004 starts on Oct 22, 2004; 2026 runs to Nov 13, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£0.1515£0.1920£0.1130£0.1464-3.7%1.2B215
2025£0.0535£0.1649£0.0482£0.1520+184.1%1.9B226
2024£0.0260£0.0694£0.0253£0.0535+105.8%553.1M209
2023£0.0123£0.0320£0.0120£0.0260+112.2%275.2M167
2022£0.0145£0.0166£0.0080£0.0123-15.5%204.6M123
2021£0.0165£0.0267£0.0118£0.0145-12.1%729.1M179
2020£0.0117£0.0300£0.0062£0.0165+34.7%479.6M234
2019£0.0032£0.0181£0.0030£0.0123+206.3%829.5M187
2018£0.0350£0.0402£0.0033£0.0040-89.0%369M160
2017£0.0500£0.0525£0.0221£0.0363-27.5%220.5M153
2016£0.0413£0.1025£0.0373£0.0500+21.2%65.1M157
2015£0.0538£0.0690£0.0313£0.0413-23.3%137.9M147
2014£0.0500£0.0885£0.0475£0.0538+7.5%56.2M152
2013£0.0900£0.0900£0.0415£0.0500-44.4%11.2M160
2012£0.1102£0.1341£0.0850£0.0900-28.7%21M165
2011£0.1575£0.1986£0.1152£0.1263-19.8%25.8M169
2010£0.1375£0.1698£0.0975£0.1575+14.5%91.4M243
2009£0.0675£0.2450£0.0650£0.1375+103.7%97.2M241
2008£0.2750£0.3100£0.0600£0.0675-75.2%82.9M249
2007£0.2525£0.4675£0.2250£0.2725+7.9%115.7M241
2006£0.3375£0.4905£0.2400£0.2525-24.1%157.5M240
2005£0.0825£0.4800£0.0750£0.3325+303.0%174.8M254
2004£0.0375£0.0925£0.0330£0.0825n/a32M48

MTL monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
November 2026£0.1464-6.8%
October 2026£0.1570-5.4%
September 2026£0.1660+0.9%
August 2026£0.1645+30.6%
July 2026£0.1260+1.9%
June 2026£0.1236-7.1%
May 2026£0.1330+1.5%
April 2026£0.1310+6.5%
March 2026£0.1230-22.2%
February 2026£0.1580+3.3%
January 2026£0.1530+0.7%
December 2025£0.1520+23.6%

About the MTL data

Daily bars. 4,319 sessions from Oct 22, 2004 to Nov 13, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.

Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Nov 6, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.

Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.

Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Oct 22, 2004, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.

curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/lse%3AMTL/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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