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Armadale Capital Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: ACP / Sector: Investment Company
13 October 2020
Armadale Capital Plc
(‘Armadale’ or ‘the Company’)
Mahenge Graphite Project Update
Armadale Capital plc (LON: ACP) the AIM quoted investment group focused on natural resource projects in Africa, is pleased to provide an update on its 100%-owned Mahenge Graphite Project (‘Mahenge’).
HIGHLIGHTS
Front End Engineering Design (‘FEED’) of processing plant by international engineering, procurement and construction company (‘EPCM’) due to commence shortly upon selection of preferred construction groupSelection process at an advanced stage, with suitable strategies for the development and construction of Mahenge already identified following a detailed consultation process with a range of potential mining contractorsReady to initiate follow-up and final metallurgical test programme to enable the detailed selection of the processing plant equipmentNational Environmental Management Council (‘NEMC’) site visit completed - one of the penultimate steps required for granting of the Environmental Permit (ESIA approval) to facilitate the granting of the mining licenceContinue to advance ongoing project financing negotiations for mine construction of Stage 1 of Mahenge’s 60,000 tpa capacity
Armadale Chairman, Nick Johansen, commented:
“We are delighted to announce another crucial step forward in the development of Mahenge. Appointing our chosen EPCM will mark the commencement of the next preparatory phase of mine construction and take us another step closer to production. In addition, the completion and submission of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) is one of the final necessary components in the Mining Licence process and I would like to thank all those involved for their efforts in completing this important piece of work in such a short time frame. Receipt of a Mining Licence will be one of the final and most important de-risking milestones for the Project and we look forward to being able to update further on this as we work with NEMC to conclude the final licencing components.
“Alongside this, as previously indicated we continue to be positively engaged in development funding options. Testament to Mahenge’s highly compelling project economics we have received strong interest, and we are naturally committed to securing the best option for our stakeholders. We will update shareholders on further developments as soon as we are in a position to do so.
This was over 3 months ago !! I was hoping for the mining licence and finance being agreed by now. We seemed to be very proactive for a while last year, however unfortunately ACP seems to be regressing to its past trend of silence with regard to any meaningful value enhancing news. :((((