Launch of RWA Tea Tokenisation Project
Gowin New Energy Group Limited
15 July 2026
15 July 2026
Gowin New Energy Group Limited
("Gowin" or the "Company")
Launch of RWA Tea Tokenisation Project
Gowin New Energy Group Limited is pleased to announce the launch of a real world asset ("RWA") tokenisation project for premium tea assets. This initiative represents a digital marketing and distribution innovation intended to capitalise on the Company's existing tea operations originally launched in 2018.
Background
In September 2017, a Gowin Extraordinary General Meeting authorised the establishment of a new tea business. Gowin diversified into trading specialist Asian teas through its subsidiary Rosin Trading Limited ("RTL"), a Samoan entity. Operations were launched in 2018 though trading activity remained modest due to a limited ability to purchase directly from upstream tea factories and the global pandemic disruption on supply chains. Since then, management has continued to develop options for the tea business and has been working on the proposals set out below.
Proposals
Gowin now intends to draw on its contacts in the Taiwanese tea industry to enable high-value tea to be purchased by investors in the form of digital assets. To ensure regulatory compliance and asset security across jurisdictions, the project will operate through a strictly segregated framework.
Tea will be purchased by Rosin Trading Taiwan Limited ("RTTL"), a Taiwanese entity that will be a wholly owned subsidiary of RTL. The physical tea will be held in a warehouse in Taiwan, which will integrate AI-controlled environmental sensors, enabling 24/7 proof of reserve dynamic auditing.
The Company is in advanced discussions with Taiwan Thick-film Industries Co., Ltd. ('TTFI'), a company connected to Mr Chen Chih-Lung, a substantial shareholder and former director of Gowin, to provide warehouse and blockchain infrastructure services for the project. No agreement has yet been signed. However, should this proceed, it will constitute a related party transaction, be subject to the Company's related party transaction approval procedures and the required disclosures under Rule 4.6 of the Aquis Growth Market Access Rulebook.
Following purchase of the tea, RTTL will engage Bitfinex Securities El Salvador SA de CV ("Bitfinex"), an unconnected third party, to tokenise the tea into digital assets for distribution to investors. Bitfinex is a member of the iFinex Inc. group and holds a Digital Asset Service Provider licence in El Salvador. Investors are sourced exclusively by Bitfinex; no Gowin group company plays any part in investor recruitment, marketing or onboarding nor the operation of the token platform.
Once investors have subscribed for tokens through Bitfinex, the subscription proceeds are remitted to RTTL out of which all related costs are paid, resulting in an expected net return to the group. The physical tea purchased with the proceeds is then held on trust by RTTL, as settlor, under a trust governed by Taiwan's Trust Act, with token holders as beneficiaries and a Taiwanese attorney administering the arrangement. The trust attaches to the underlying tea itself, not to investors' cash. Token holders may redeem their tokens for physical tea. On redemption and delivery, the relevant tokens are cancelled by Bitfinex.
Next Steps
The Company will now commence the process of obtaining the necessary approvals from Bitfinex for an initial pilot issuance capped at a maximum of USD 2.5 million, with a minimum operational threshold of USD 1.0 million. Following the receipt of these approvals, Gowin will formalise the agreements with the various counterparties to enable the RWA project to be executed.
Funding for the RWA project will be provided by Mr Chen Chih-Lung, who has signed a commitment letter to cover any project-related working capital shortfall. Drawdowns made under this commitment letter will constitute related party transactions, be subject to the Company's related party transaction procedures and appropriate disclosure under the Aquis Growth Market Rules for Issuers.
Further updates will be provided as this process progresses.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").
The directors of Gowin New Energy Group Limited accept responsibility for this announcement.
Contact Information
For further information please visit the Company's website at www.gowingrp.com or contact the following:
Gowin New Energy Group Limited
Dr. Garry Willinge
Tel: +852 9100 9972
AlbR Capital Limited
Aquis Corporate Adviser
David Coffman / Daniel Harris
Tel: +44 (0)20 7469 0930
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