News released this morning3 Nov 2008 08:59
BINDING CONDITIONAL HEADS OF AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR MINE MANAGEMENT AND
UPDATE ON WORKING CAPITAL FUNDING
The Board of DiamondTech announces that it has entered into a conditional Heads of Agreement ("Agreement") in relation to a management contract with a strategic funding consortium, Automotive Commodities (Pty) Ltd ("ACP"), for the funding of working capital for its operating subsidiary company, Primus Special Projects (Pty) Ltd ("PSP"), and the management of its Grasfontein mining operation in South Africa, effective 31 October 2008 with an initial term of six months to the value of ZAR 18 million (£1.2 million).
On 1 September 2008, DiamondTech announced that it was undertaking a strategic review and that it was seeking to raise approximately £300,000 of working capital by the end of November 2008 to enable it to continue to meet its short term requirements and to enable it to further market the proprietary laser sorting unit ("LRUs"). An update on DiamondTech's funding requirement is set out below.
In addition, DiamondTech announced that in order to further progress operations at Grasfontein PSP required additional working capital and the Company was in discussions with various strategic investors in South Africa in order to secure this additional working capital. The agreement with ACP will contribute towards PSP's funding requirements and also provides additional mining expertise to assist the manageme