RE: Incredible AGM Statement1 Jul 2026 10:13
What is all this noise about “more dilution”?
The latest RNS trail points the other way.
The March fundraise was not random survival dilution. KEFI said it was to complete and optimise Tulu Kapi funding, fund exploration, provide a cost-overrun reserve and support working capital. In the AGM statement, KEFI then said $426m has been raised/committed across 2025–26, with only $85m from KEFI shareholders and $341m from the project finance syndicate.
That is the key shift: KEFI is moving from shareholder-funded explorer to project-financed developer.
Resolution 9 was also passed to increase borrowing capacity — explicitly a condition precedent to drawdown and to help minimise future equity dilution.
As for Saudi, GMCO “does not rely on KEFI or KEFI’s financiers”. ARTAR owns 87%, and GMCO is intended to maximise self-funding.
So yes, never say never in mining. But the “another placing is coming” line now looks more like deramp noise than an evidence-based reading of the RNSs.
Why would KEFI deliberately dilute again now, just as it is targeting first drawdown, Main Market transition, and institutional re-rating?