RE: RNS3 Oct 2022 16:10
Galileo Resources plc ("Galileo "or the "Company") further to its announcement of 10 August 2022 is pleased to announce that all conditions have been met in relation to the agreement to acquire a 29% shareholding in BC Ventures Limited (the "Share Acquisition"); accordingly the Company is issuing 50,000,000 Galileo Resources plc shares at a price of 1.2pence per share being the consideration shares due in relation to the Share Acquisition (the "Consideration Shares"). As a result, Galileo will have an interest of 29% in BC Venturers alongside an option to acquire a further 51% interest through the Company spending $1.5million on exploration and evaluation of the Projects by 21 January 2024. BC Ventures is the owner of a highly prospective lithium project in Southwest Zimbabwe (the "Kamativi Lithium Project") and two gold licenses (the "Bulawayo Gold Project") close to Bulawayo (the "Projects") through its wholly owned Zimbabwe subsidiary Sinamatella Investments (Private) Limited, as more fully detailed in the original announcement of 7 March 2022.
The Consideration Shares are being issued to African Mineral Resources Ltd, a company controlled by Fer gus Kynaston Forbes, which will own 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company being 4.3 % of the Company's shares as enlarged by the issue of the Consideration Shares.