Alecto Minerals PLC Termination of Yorkville equity swap (8330Z)
December 16 2014 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMALO
RNS Number : 8330Z
Alecto Minerals PLC
16 December 2014
Alecto Minerals plc / EPIC: ALO / Market: AIM / Sector:
Exploration & Development
16 December 2014
Alecto Minerals plc ('Alecto' or the 'Company')
Termination of Yorkville equity swap and issue of equity
Alecto Minerals plc (AIM: ALO), the AIM quoted mineral
exploration company focussed on West and East Africa, announces
that the equity swap agreement (the 'Equity Swap'), announced on 7
November 2013 between the Company and YA Global Master SPV Ltd
('Yorkville') has been terminated by mutual consent.
Following termination of the Equity Swap, no further payments
are due between Yorkville and the Company and Yorkville remains
interested in 33,875,003 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each in the
capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') representing
approximately 3.8 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.
Yorkville has been a supportive shareholder in Alecto and in
respect of such Ordinary Shares, Yorkville has placed the shares
onto their long book and when ready to trade will do so through
Alecto's broker, Hume Capital Securities plc.
The equity swap provided the Company with an alternative funding
arrangement and provided working capital for the successful
exploration at the Kossanto Gold Project in Mali where the Company
increased its JORC-code compliant resource to 247,000 oz Au during
the 2014 field season.
The termination of the equity swap by mutual consent comes at an
appropriate time while Alecto consolidates its current gold
portfolio and looks to expand through operational and corporate
activity.
Issue of equity
Additionally, the Company has agreed to issue 2,777,143 new
Ordinary Shares ('Fee Shares') to a consultant to the Company in
lieu of fees.
The Fee Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the
existing Ordinary Shares of the Company.
Application for trading on AIM and Total Voting Rights
Application will be made for the Fee Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM and admission is expected to become effective and
dealings commence at 8.00 a.m. on 22 December 2014 ('Admission').
On Admission, the Company will have in issue 887,566,457 Ordinary
Shares.
The Company has no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The above
figure may therefore be used by shareholders in the Company as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
**ENDS**
For further information, please visit www.alectominerals.com or
contact:
Alecto Minerals plc Tel: +44 (0)20 3137 8862
Mark Jones
Strand Hanson Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494
Richard Tulloch
Matthew Chandler
James Dance
Hume Capital Securities plc Tel: +44 (0)20 3693 1470
Jon Belliss
Abigail Wayne
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 1177
Elisabeth Cowell
Felicity Edwards
Notes to editors:
Alecto Minerals plc is an African focussed, gold and base metal
exploration and development company quoted on AIM with exploration
projects in Mali, Ethiopia, Mauritania and, following completion of
the abovementioned acquisition, Burkina Faso.
In Mali, the Kossanto Project has a current independent inferred
JORC Code compliant resource estimate of 6.72Mt grading at 1.14g/t
Au for an aggregate of 247,000 oz Au with a cut-off grade of 0.5g/t
Au at Kossanto East. The Kossanto Project is located in the centre
of the Kenieba inlier in western Mali. The Kenieba inlier is a
block of ancient greenstones and granites hosting many significant
gold deposits in Senegal and Mali, making it one of the most
important gold regions in Africa.
The Kerboulé Project, located in the highly prospective
Birrimian-age Djibo gold belt in northern Burkina Faso, is ideally
positioned for the definition of a preliminary JORC resource
estimate, as well as on-going resource expansion, and accordingly
will be the near term focus of the Company to provide the basis for
commencing a preliminary economic assessment.
Alecto also has a joint venture with Centamin plc over two
prospective gold exploration licences in Ethiopia which sees Alecto
retain exposure to these assets with no capital expenditure
obligations, as well as the wholly owned Wad Amour IOCG Project in
Mauritania which is at an exploration stage.
Combined, these projects provide the Company with a strong,
diversified portfolio with exciting exploration upside
potential.
This information is provided by RNS
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