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Pensana up after inking USD156 million Longonjo finance debt facility

Mon, 26th Feb 2024 10:58

(Alliance News) - Shares in Pensana PLC rose on Monday, after securing a new debt finance facility for its flagship Longonjo project.

Pensana is a magnet metal exploration company, whose subsidiary Ozango Minerais SA owns 100% of the Longonjo rare earth project in western Angola.

Shares in the company were up 13% at 34.60 pence each in London on Monday morning.

This came after Pensana said it had concluded a non-binding term sheet with the Longonjo project's lender consortium for a finance debt facility of up to USD156 million.

Conclusion of the term sheet comes after the company completed a modular redesign of the Longonjo mine and processing facility, with total capital expenditure of USD217 million.

Pensana said that the upfront USD217 million cost for the fully permitted mine and processing facilities is "amongst the lowest amongst its peers".

Pensana added that it was in negotiations with the Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund, as well as a member of the lender consortium, to finalise the USD80 million equity component of the overall financing package. The Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund has so far provided a USD15 million bridging loan towards this equity investment.

The company is also in "advanced discussions" with several parties for the offtake of radionuclide-free mixed rare earth carbonate produced at Longonjo. Pensana expects to be able to sign up to 100% of the clean MREC from the processing facility. From 2026, Longonjo will produce 20,000 tonnes of MREC, Pensana said, rising to 40,000 tonnes from 2029 onwards.

Chair Paul Atherley said: "This is a major step for the company in its plans to bring into production one of the world’s largest undeveloped rare earth projects.

"It is also an important step for the establishment of an African-based, independent, supply chain of the metals crucial to the energy transition, which captures significant value within Angola and creates several hundred long-term high value jobs within the local community."

By Hugh Cameron, Alliance News reporter

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IN BRIEF: Pensana touts sound progress for Longonjo project

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IN BRIEF: Pensana hails rock geochemistry results in Angola

Pensana PLC - rare earths explorer - Finds 22% phosphorus pentoxide, around 27% calcium oxide and 41% ferric oxide and 0.7% total rare earth oxide at Sulima West of Coola exploration license in Angola. Further, notes sampling with an area of about 15 hectares of over 2% total rare earth oxide in soils with a core zone of high-grade soils reporting over 4% total rare earth oxide. Exploration Manager Grant Hayward says: "We are extremely happy with the results of the soil sampling over Sulima West which identified an area of roughly 15 hectares with greater than 2% TREO in soils."

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Pensana's Longonjo project re-engineering advances on schedule

(Alliance News) - Pensana PLC on Monday said re-engineering work at its Longonjo rare earth mine is progressing as planned.

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IN BRIEF: Pensana strikes Longonjo funding agreements

Pensana PLC - rare earths explorer - Outlines new plan which will reduce capital expenditure at Longonjo asset to USD105 million from USD200 million. Major shareholder FSDEA to provide immediate USD15 million loan facility, which forms part of a broader USD80 million investment. Funding will go towards development of mine. Absa Bank, meanwhile, will arrange USD120 million project debt facility. "We are delighted with the ongoing support from the government of Angola, FSDEA, Absa and others for the development of this important project. Longonjo is one of the world's largest undeveloped rare earth projects which benefits from a high-grade near surface orebody, with low-cost hydroelectricity and direct access to the Lobito Corridor rail and port infrastructure," Chair Paul Atherley says. Mine will employ around 650 people during construction and will create 420 permanent high value jobs, Pensana adds.

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