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Ormonde Mining PLC
15 July 2008
15 July 2008
Ormonde Mining plc
Issue of Equity to Fund Barruecopardo Tungsten Project
DUBLIN & LONDON: 15 July 2008 - Ormonde Mining plc ("Ormonde" or "the Company") announces
that it is placing 19,389,000 new ordinary
shares of EUR0.025 each in the Company. The shares were placed by Davy and Brewin Dolphin
Limited with institutional and other investors at
a price of 7p per share (the "Placing") to raise £1.36 million (before expenses).
The proceeds of the Placing will be utilised by the Company on its Barruecopardo Tungsten
Project to:
* Complete infill drilling on the areas identified as potential initial mining blocks
following the recently announced upgraded
Mineral Resource of 3.0 million tonnes grading 0.60% tungsten trioxide (WO3) in the JORC
Inferred category (equates to 1.8 million metric
tonne units ("mtu") or 18,000 tonnes of contained WO3)
* Continue the mining studies currently underway, which will be completed towards the
end of 2008 when the results of the infill
drilling programme become available
* Finalise the detailed definitive metallurgical testwork and commence the engineering
design work for the processing plant and
infrastructure
* Carry out the relevant environmental surveys and studies to enable the preparation
of initial submissions for permitting of the
proposed mining operation at Barruecopardo
Mike Donoghue, the Executive Chairman of Ormonde, subscribed for 1,800,000 new ordinary
shares in the Placing bringing his interest in
the Company to 8,693,102 or 4.0% of the enlarged share capital.
Commenting on the Placing Kerr Anderson said:
"We are very excited about the potential of our Barruecopardo Tungsten Project based on
the recently announced enlarged Mineral Resource
and this Placing provides funding for Ormonde to continue advancing our plans to fast-track
the Project into early production."
Following the Placing the Company will have 217,170,586 ordinary shares in issue. The new
ordinary shares, which represent approximately
9% of the enlarged issued share capital, will rank pari passu in all respects with the
existing ordinary shares in the Company. Application
will be made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the
London Stock Exchange and the IEX market of the
Irish Stock Exchange and it is expected that trading will commence on 22 July 2008.
For further information:
Kerr Anderson, Managing Director
Ormonde Mining plc Tel: +353 (0)46 9073623
Simon Rothschild
Bankside Consultants Tel: +44 (0)20 7367 8871
Fergal Meegan
Davy Tel: +353 1 679 6363
Jamie Cumming
Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking Tel: +44 141 314 8122
Additional Information
Ormonde Mining plc is quoted on the AIM in London and the IEX in Dublin. Ormonde is a
mineral development and exploration company
focused on Spain, with the objective of developing mining projects and taking them into
production.
For more information please visit www.ormondemining.com.
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