Rampart /labrador share holding10 Dec 2020 14:50
Rampart further to our discussion this morning copy of email I sent to Bill below with copy of his helpful reply he has confirmed that I may share it
FAO Mr Hooley
Dear Mr Hooley
Several friends and I hold shares in Anglesey Mining and find current developments very encouraging.
As regards the Labrador investment an element of confusion has crept in -
One school of thought is that via its 12 % shareholding in Labrador Iron Mines holding Anglesey has ( in simple terms ) a 12 % share in the underlying mineral rights of the company
Which would seem to be supported by recent RNS
The other school of thought, believes that whilst Anglesey owns 12 % of Labrador Iron Mines Holdings , that this company does not own the mineral rights .But rather it owns 51 % of Labrador Iron Mines which actually own the mineral rights . In simple terms again this giving Anglesey 51 % of its 12 % i.e. approx. 6 % .
This second thought would appear supported by the Labrador website
I appreciate this is simplistic but the key question is does Anglesey’s 12% shareholding in fact equate to %6 % of potential shareholder return from the actual minerals
If you could clarify this would be very helpful
I communicate with my friends vis a share bulletin board so I would propose to put your reply there , if that meets with your approval
Robert
Thank you for your enquiry and indeed your detailed interest in this matter.
Anglesey Mining plc holds approximately 12% of the total stock of Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (“LIMH”) and three of Anglesey’s directors, John Kearney, Danesh Varma and myself sit on the seven person board of LIMH.
LIMH has a number of subsidiaries but far and away the most important is Labrador Iron Mines Limited (“LIM”) in which LIMH has a direct 51% interest. LIM holds 100% of Schefferville Mines Inc (“SMI”). All of the mineral assets in Newfoundland & Labrador and Quebec are held by either LIM directly or by SMI. Therefore LIM controls 100% of the mineral assets. LIMH through its controlling interest in LIM therefore effectively controls and manages all these assets.
I apologise if there was some confusion regarding Anglesey’s interests but these are held as shown above. The confusion in the RNS may arise from the use of the words ‘holds direct shipping iron ore’. Direct here refers the type of iron ore known as Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) and not to the form of how they are held. To reiterate Anglesey holds 12% of LIMH and LIMH together with some minority shareholders hold 100% of LIM and the mineral assets. This therefore should not be read as if Anglesey holds 12% directly of the mineral assts.
For further reading may I redirect you back to the LIMH website and then to News Centre and Financial Results where the latest Quarterly Financial Results and the latest Management and Discussion Analysis are filed?
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any