From30 Sep 2018 08:07
Rns :
Assuming that the First Placing and Second Placing are settled, the Company expects that it will be fully funded until the end of 2018, by which the point the Company expects to have closed and received additional funds under its previously announced bond issuance and asset level investment by the Ethiopian consortium.
2 key points about funding:
1.The first instalment of US$9M (Ethiopian Birr equivalent) is to be subscribed to TKGM in the next quarter for a 7% shareholding in TKGM, following receipt of (a) Government administrative approvals, including for the ANS subscription to TKGM and; (b) reasonable assurances of the full funding proceeding from the secured financing providers. The disbursement of these funds by TKGM does not need to await the closing of full funding.
2. Enabling the first stage US$9 million of development funding from the ANS to be released prior to the close of the full funding package, recognising that KEFI's subsidiary KEFI Minerals Ethiopia has already funded the pre-development costs in the order of $60 million.