good news ahead ?11 Sep 2017 09:19
Avocet Mining Plc (the ‘Company’) announces today that — despite the
standstill agreement having expired — certain financial and trade
creditors (the ‘Major Creditors’) of its subsidiary Société des Mines de
Bélahouro SA (‘SMB’) have expressed the intention to come to a
consensual restructuring of SMB’s balance sheet. These creditors have
continued to be in discussions with SMB with a view to agree such a
restructuring.
The Board of the Company met on 8 September 2017. In light of the current
circumstances, it was decided to reconvene on 15 September 2017 to re-assess
the status of the discussions with the Major Creditors, SMB’s liquidity position
and the available options. The Board of SMB has not met yet.
Given the current status of discussions, it is unclear whether agreement on a
restructuring of the balance sheet can be reached before SMB has exhausted all
available sources of financing.