Alecto Minerals PLC Update re suspension, cancellation & re-admission (1333K)
July 05 2017 - 2:00AM
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Alecto Minerals PLC
05 July 2017
Alecto Minerals plc / EPIC: ALO / Market: AIM / Sector:
Mining
5 July 2017
Alecto Minerals plc ("Alecto" or the "Company")
Update re suspension, cancellation and proposed re-admission
Alecto Minerals plc (AIM: ALO), the African focused gold
exploration and base metal development company, announces that, due
to the delay in publishing an admission document in respect of its
proposed acquisition of the Mowana copper mine ("Mowana") (the
"Acquisition"), that trading in the Company's shares on AIM will be
cancelled with effect from 7.00 a.m. on 11 July 2017.
Following announcement of the Acquisition on 21 December 2016,
which constitutes a reverse takeover, Alecto's shares were
suspended from trading on AIM pending publication of an admission
document. Under AIM Rule 41, the admission of a company's shares
will be cancelled where these have been suspended from trading for
six months. Alecto's shares have been suspended for more than six
months and, although a short extension to the prescribed deadline
for cancellation has been allowed, the Company has now been
informed that no further extensions are available and that
cancellation will proceed with effect from 7.00 a.m. on 11 July
2017.
Nevertheless, the Board's intention remains to proceed with the
Acquisition and to seek admission to trading for the enlarged group
on AIM as a new applicant. As announced previously, the Company has
conducted extensive technical, financial and legal due diligence on
Mowana and its holding companies, the results of which will be
reflected in the admission document as appropriate. The Mowana mine
returned to production in March 2017 and to date approximately
4,300 tonnes of copper concentrate have been produced and sold to
Mowana's offtake partner, Fujax Minerals and Energy Limited. The
Directors continue to believe that the Acquisition has the
potential to be highly accretive to the Company's shareholders.
In the event that the Acquisition does not complete on the
expected timetable, the Company will need to raise additional funds
in order to continue as a going concern, failing which, the Company
would be at a significant risk of being forced into an insolvency
process (be that administration or liquidation), as a result of
which shareholders should expect to lose the entire value of their
Ordinary Shares.
Further announcements will be made as and when appropriate.
** ENDS **
For further information please visit www.alectominerals.com,
follow us on Twitter @AlectoMinerals, or contact:
Alecto Minerals plc Tel: +44 (0)20 7499 5881
Mark Jones
Strand Hanson Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494
Andrew Emmott
Matthew Chandler
James Dance
Beaufort Securities Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 8300
Jon Belliss
St Brides Partners Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 1177
Elisabeth Cowell
Charlotte Page
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.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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